Apostolic Constitutions 5.1.1–5.13.4

Anonymous · Apostolic Constitutions · ca. 380 · Antioch (probably) · 67 passages

Pseudonymous: Presented as the teaching of the apostles, handed down by Clement of Rome; the compiler is anonymous (often linked with the interpolator of the long recension of Ignatius).

Greek text: Funk 1905.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).

Apostolic 5, chapter 1

5.1.1Funk 1:237

Εἴ τις Χριστιανὸς διὰ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ τὴν εἰς τὸν θεὸν πίστιν καὶ ἀγάπην κατακριθῇ ὑπὸ ἀσεβῶν εἰς λοῦδον ἢ θηρία ἢ μέταλλον, μὴ παρίδητε αὐτόν, ἀλλ ἐκ τοῦ κόπου καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ἱδρῶτος ὑμῶν πέμψατε αὐτῷ εἰς διατροφὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς μισθαποδοσίαν τῶν στρατιωτῶν, ἵνα ἐλαφρυνθῇ καὶ ἐπιμελείας τύχῃ, ἵν᾿ ὅσον τὸ ἐφ᾽ ὑμῖν μὴ θλίβηται ὃ μακάριος ἀδελφὸς ὑμῶν.

Ei tis Christianos dia to onoma tou Christou kai tēn eis ton theon pistin kai agapēn katakrithę̄ hypo asebōn eis loudon ē thēria ē metallon, mē paridēte auton, all ek tou kopou kai ek tou hidrōtos hymōn pempsate autǭ eis diatrophēn autou kai eis misthapodosian tōn stratiōtōn, hina elaphrynthę̄ kai epimeleias tychę̄, hin᾿ hoson to eph᾽ hymin mē thlibētai ho makarios adelphos hymōn.

If any Christian, on account of the name of Christ and his faith and love toward God, is condemned by the ungodly to the games, or to the beasts, or to the mines, do not overlook him, but from your labor and from your sweat send him something for his sustenance and for the pay of the soldiers, so that he may be relieved and cared for, and that, as far as lies with you, your blessed brother may not be afflicted.

Notes and citation

Summary: Christians condemned for Christ's name to the games, the beasts, or the mines must be supported from the labor of the faithful.

λοῦδον is the Latin ludus (the gladiatorial school or games). The pay of the soldiers is money given to the guards so that the prisoner may be treated better.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): καταχριθῇ → κατακριθῇ; τοῦν → τῶν; ig → ἐφ᾽ .

Topics: Martyrdom, Persecution

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.1.1 (Funk 1:237; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-1-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Funk, Didascalia et Constitutiones Apostolorum (1905; OCR made for this site, slips corrected as logged corrections) and compared afterwards with ANF 7.

5.1.2Funk 1:237

ὃ γὰρ διὰ τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ καταδικαζόμενος, οὗτος μάρτυς ἅγιος, ἀδελφὸς τοῦ κυρίου, υἱὸς τοῦ ὑψίστου, δοχεῖον τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος, δι᾽ οὗ καὶ τὸν φωτισμὸν τῆς δόξης τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ἔλαβεν ἕκαστος τῶν πιστῶν ἐν τῷ καταξιωθῆναι τοῦ ἀφθάρτου στεφάνου καὶ τῆς μαρτυρίας τῶν παθημάτων αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆς κοινωνίας τοῦ αἵματος αὐτοῦ, συμμορφωθῆναι τῷ θανάτῳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς υἱοθεσίαν.

ho gar dia to onoma kyriou tou theou katadikazomenos, houtos martys hagios, adelphos tou kyriou, huios tou hypsistou, docheion tou hagiou pneumatos, di᾽ hou kai ton phōtismon tēs doxēs tou euangeliou elaben hekastos tōn pistōn en tǭ kataxiōthēnai tou aphthartou stephanou kai tēs martyrias tōn pathēmatōn autou kai tēs koinōnias tou haimatos autou, symmorphōthēnai tǭ thanatǭ tou Christou eis huiothesian.

For he who is condemned for the name of the Lord God is a holy martyr, a brother of the Lord, a son of the Most High, a vessel of the Holy Spirit, through whom each of the faithful has received “the light of the glory of the gospel,” by being counted worthy of the incorruptible crown and of the testimony of his sufferings and the fellowship of his blood, “being conformed to the death of Christ” for adoption.

2 Cor 4:4 (allusion, medium confidence) · Phil 3:10 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The condemned confessor is a holy martyr, a brother of the Lord and a vessel of the Spirit.

Quotations: 2 Cor 4:4; Phil 3:10.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: κ read as χ): xvgiov → κυρίου; υ“, → υ,; δέ οὐ → δι᾽ οὗ; ,τ → τ; υ“ → υ ; ἕχαστος → ἕκαστος; iv → ἐν ; θθυμμορφωθῆναι → συμμορφωθῆναι; ῦ“ → ῦ .

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.1.2 (Funk 1:237; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-1-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.1.3Funk 1:237

τούτου οὖν ἕνεκεν ἅπαντες οἱ πιστοὶ διὰ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου ὑμῶν ἐκ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων υμῶν καὶ ἔκ τοῦ κόπου διακονήσατε τοῖς ἁγίοις· εἰ δὲ οὐκ ἔχει τις, νηστεύσας τὸ τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ μερίσας τοῦτο ἐχταξάτω τοῖς ἁγίοις· εἰ δέ τις ἐν περιουσίᾳ ὑπάρχει, καὶ πλεῖόν τι κατὰ ἀναλογίαν τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ διακονείτω αὐτοῖς. εἰ δὲ καὶ οἷός τέ ἐστιν ἅπαντα τὸν βίον ἑαυτοῦ ἀποδόμενος δύσασθαι αὐτοὺς ἐκ τοῦ δεσμωτηρίου, μακάριος ἔσται καὶ φίλος τοῦ Χριστοῦ.

toutou oun heneken hapantes hoi pistoi dia tou episkopou hymōn ek tōn hyparchontōn ymōn kai ek tou kopou diakonēsate tois hagiois; ei de ouk echei tis, nēsteusas to tēs hēmeras kai merisas touto echtaxatō tois hagiois; ei de tis en periousią hyparchei, kai pleion ti kata analogian tēs dynameōs autou diakoneitō autois. ei de kai hoios te estin hapanta ton bion heautou apodomenos dysasthai autous ek tou desmōtēriou, makarios estai kai philos tou Christou.

For this reason all of you faithful, through your bishop, “minister” to the saints “from your possessions” and from your labor. And if anyone has nothing, let him fast for the day and set apart what it would have cost and assign it to the saints. And if anyone has abundance, let him minister to them more, in proportion to his means. And if he is able to sell his whole living and ransom them from prison, he will be blessed and a friend of Christ.

Luke 8:3 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: All the faithful, through the bishop, should give to imprisoned confessors, even fasting to do so, and the rich should ransom them.

The wording echoes Luke 8:3. ἐκταξάτω (printed ἐχταξάτω) is taken as “let him assign.”

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: stray marks from the apparatus; OCR: κ read as χ): ,,ἐ → ἐ; ““ xai → καὶ; ,,δ → δ; ε““ → ε ; ἁγίοις" εἰ δὲ → ἁγίοις· εἰ δὲ; ἁγίοις" εἰ δέ → ἁγίοις· εἰ δέ; διαχονείτω → διακονείτω; 4 )/ 02 c * H € - 2 , C P → ; "μ → μ.

Topics: Martyrdom, Fasting, Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.1.3 (Funk 1:237; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-1-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.1.4Funk 1:237–239

εἰ γὰρ ὃ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα πτωχοῖς δοὺς τέλειος μετὰ τὴν περὶ τῶν θείων γνῶσιν, πολλῷ μᾶλλον ὁ ὑπὲρ μαρτύρων· ὃ γὰρ τοιοῦτος, ἄξιος θεοῦ ὑπάρξας, πληρώσει τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ, χορηγήσας ἐκείνοις, οἵτινες αὐτὸν ὡμολόγησαν ἐνώπιον ἐθνῶν καὶ βασιλέων υἱῶν τε Ἰσραήλ, περὶ ὧν ὃ κύριος ἀπεφήνατο λέγων· Ὃς ἂν ὁμολογήσῃ ἐν ἐμοὶ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὁμολογήσω κἀγὼ ἐν αὐτῷ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ πατρός μου.

ei gar ho ta hyparchonta ptōchois dous teleios meta tēn peri tōn theiōn gnōsin, pollǭ mallon ho hyper martyrōn; ho gar toioutos, axios theou hyparxas, plērōsei to thelēma autou, chorēgēsas ekeinois, hoitines auton hōmologēsan enōpion ethnōn kai basileōn huiōn te Israēl, peri hōn ho kyrios apephēnato legōn; Hos an homologēsę̄ en emoi emprosthen tōn anthrōpōn, homologēsō kagō en autǭ emprosthen tou patros mou.

For if he who “gives his possessions to the poor” is “perfect,” after the knowledge of divine things, much more he who does so for martyrs. For such a one, having proved worthy of God, will fulfill his will by supplying those who confessed him “before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel,” of whom the Lord declared, saying: “Whoever confesses me before men, I too will confess him before my Father.”

Matt 19:21 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 9:15 (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 10:32 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Giving to martyrs surpasses giving to the poor, for the martyrs have confessed Christ before rulers.

Quotations: Matt 19:21; Acts 9:15; Matt 10:32 (with “in me,” as in Luke 12:8).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ,,κχὰ → τὰ; ς“ → ς ; ων" ὃ → ων· ὃ; ,,ἐ → ἐ; λ“, → λ,; " (Ὃς → · Ὃς; υ“. → υ..

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.1.4 (Funk 1:237–239; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-1-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.1.5Funk 1:239

καὶ εἰ τοιοῦτοί εἰσιν, ὡς καὶ ὑπὸ Χριστοῦ ἐπὶ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοὺς μαρτυρεῖσθαι, ὑμεῖς οὐκ ὀφείλετε ἐπαισχυνθῆναι ἀπιέναι πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἐν ταῖς φυλακαῖς· τοῦτο γὰρ ποιησάντων ὑμῶν, μαρτύριον ὑμῖν λογισθήσεται, ὅτι ἐκείνοις μὲν πείρᾳ τὸ μαρτύριον ὑπῆρξεν, ὑμῖν δὲ τέως προθυμίᾳ, ὡς κοινωνοῖς τῆς ἀθλήσεως αὐτῶν.

kai ei toioutoi eisin, hōs kai hypo Christou epi tou patros autous martyreisthai, hymeis ouk opheilete epaischynthēnai apienai pros autous en tais phylakais; touto gar poiēsantōn hymōn, martyrion hymin logisthēsetai, hoti ekeinois men peirą to martyrion hypērxen, hymin de teōs prothymią, hōs koinōnois tēs athlēseōs autōn.

And if they are such that they are borne witness to by Christ before the Father, you ought not to be ashamed to go to them in the prisons. For when you do this, it will be counted to you as a martyrdom, because for them the martyrdom was in deed, but for you for the present in willingness, as sharers in their contest.

Notes and citation

Summary: Visiting confessors in prison is counted as martyrdom in willingness.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ς" → ς· .

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.1.5 (Funk 1:239; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-1-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.1.6Funk 1:239

λέγει γάρ που ὃ κύριος πρὸς τοὺς τοιούτους φάσκων: Δεῦτε οἱ εὐλογημένοι τοῦ πατρός μου, κληρονομήσατε τὴν ἧτοιμασμένην ὑμῖν βασιλείαν ἀπὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου· ἐπείνασα γὰρ καὶ ἐδώκατέ μοι φαγεῖν, ἐδίψησα καὶ ἐποτίσατέ με, ξένος ἤμην καὶ συνηγάγετέ με, γυμνὸς καὶ περιεβάλετέ με, ἀσθενὴς ἤμην καὶ ἐπεσκέψασθέ με, ἐν φυλακῇ ἤμην καὶ ἤλθετε πρὸς μέ.

legei gar pou ho kyrios pros tous toioutous phaskōn: Deute hoi eulogēmenoi tou patros mou, klēronomēsate tēn hētoimasmenēn hymin basileian apo katabolēs kosmou; epeinasa gar kai edōkate moi phagein, edipsēsa kai epotisate me, xenos ēmēn kai synēgagete me, gymnos kai periebalete me, asthenēs ēmēn kai epeskepsasthe me, en phylakę̄ ēmēn kai ēlthete pros me.

For the Lord says somewhere to such people: “Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me in; naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited me; I was in prison and you came to me.

Matt 25:34–36 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Christ's words on the judgment of the nations are quoted.

Quotation: Matt 25:34–36.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: κ read as χ): qáoxov: »» → φάσκων: ; υ" → υ· ; ἐπεσχέψασθέ → ἐπεσκέψασθέ.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.1.6 (Funk 1:239; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-1-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.1.7Funk 1:239

τότε ἀποκριθήσονται οἱ δίκαιοι λέγοντες· κύριε, πότε σε εἴδομεν πεινῶντα καὶ ἐθρέψαμεν; ἢ διψῶντα καὶ ἐποτίσαμεν; ἢ γυμνὸν καὶ περιεβάλομεν; ἢ ἀσθενῆ καὶ ἐπεσκεψάμεθα; ἢ ξένον καὶ συνηγάγομεν; ἢ ἔν φυλακῇ καὶ ἤλθομεν πρὸς σέ;

tote apokrithēsontai hoi dikaioi legontes; kyrie, pote se eidomen peinōnta kai ethrepsamen? ē dipsōnta kai epotisamen? ē gymnon kai periebalomen? ē asthenē kai epeskepsametha? ē xenon kai synēgagomen? ē en phylakę̄ kai ēlthomen pros se?

Then the righteous will answer, saying: Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you? or thirsty and give you drink? or naked and clothe you? or sick and visit you? or a stranger and take you in? or in prison and come to you?

Matt 25:37–39 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The quotation continues with the question of the righteous.

Quotation: Matt 25:37–39, in a different order.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ἀποχριθήσονται → ἀποκριθήσονται; ς" → ς· .

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.1.7 (Funk 1:239; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-1-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.1.8Funk 1:239

καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ἐρεῖ αὐτοῖς· ἐφ᾽ ὅσον ἐποιήσατε ἑνὶ τούτων τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου τῶν ἐλαχίστων, ἐμοὶ ἐποιήσατε. καὶ ἀπελεύσονται οὗτοι εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον.

kai apokritheis erei autois; eph᾽ hoson epoiēsate heni toutōn tōn adelphōn mou tōn elachistōn, emoi epoiēsate. kai apeleusontai houtoi eis zōēn aiōnion.

And he will answer and say to them: Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. And these will go away into eternal life.”

Matt 25:40 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 25:46 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The quotation ends with Christ's answer and the reward of eternal life.

Quotation: Matt 25:40, 46.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): " àg → · ἐφ᾽; "““ → .

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.1.8 (Funk 1:239; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-1-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 5, chapter 2

5.2.1Funk 1:239–241

Εἰ δέ τις, ἀδελφὸν λέγων ἑαυτὸν εἶναι, ἀπατηθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ κακοποιήσῃ καὶ ἐλεγχθεὶς κατακριθῇ θανάτῳ ὡς μοιχὸς ἢ φονεύς, χωρίζεσθε ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ, ἵνα ἦτε ἄσυλοι, καὶ μή τις ὑμῶν ὡς κοινωνὸς τοῦ μύσους ὑποπτευθῆῇ καὶ καταχέηται βλασφημίαν, ὡς πάντων Χριστιανῶν χαιρόντων ἐπὶ τοῖς παρανόμοις ἔργοις· διὸ μακρὰν ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν χωρεῖτε.

Ei de tis, adelphon legōn heauton einai, apatētheis hypo tou ponērou kakopoiēsę̄ kai elenchtheis katakrithę̄ thanatǭ hōs moichos ē phoneus, chōrizesthe ap᾽ autou, hina ēte asyloi, kai mē tis hymōn hōs koinōnos tou mysous hypopteuthēę̄ kai katacheētai blasphēmian, hōs pantōn Christianōn chairontōn epi tois paranomois ergois; dio makran ap᾿ autōn chōreite.

But if anyone, calling himself a brother, is deceived by the evil one and does wrong, and is convicted and condemned to death as an adulterer or a murderer, separate yourselves from him, so that you may be beyond reproach, and that none of you may be suspected as a partner in the abomination and bring down blasphemy, as if all Christians rejoiced in lawless deeds. Therefore keep far away from them.

Notes and citation

Summary: A so-called brother condemned to death for a real crime is not to be helped, so that the church is not blamed.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): Ei → Εἰ ; dx → ἀπ᾽ ; ς" → ς· .

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.2.1 (Funk 1:239–241; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-2-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.2.2Funk 1:241

τοῖς μέντοι διὰ Χριστὸν κατ᾽ ἐπήρειαν παρὰ τῶν ἀσεβῶν συγκλειομένοις εἰς φυλακὴν ἢ πρὸς θάνατον ἐκδιδομένοις ἢ πρὸς δεσμὰ καὶ ἐξορίαν πάσῃ σπουδῇ βοηθεῖτε, τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν δυόμενοι ἐκ χειρῶν ἀθέσμων.

tois mentoi dia Christon kat᾽ epēreian para tōn asebōn synkleiomenois eis phylakēn ē pros thanaton ekdidomenois ē pros desma kai exorian pasę̄ spoudę̄ boētheite, ta melē hymōn dyomenoi ek cheirōn athesmōn.

But those who for Christ's sake are spitefully shut up in prison by the ungodly, or handed over to death, or to bonds and exile, help with all zeal, rescuing your own members from lawless hands.

Notes and citation

Summary: Those imprisoned or exiled for Christ must be helped with all zeal.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐχδιδομένοις → ἐκδιδομένοις; ἀθέσμοων → ἀθέσμων.

Topics: Persecution

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.2.2 (Funk 1:241; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-2-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.2.3Funk 1:241

καὶ ἐάν τις αὐτοῖς συγκείμενος κρατηθῇ καὶ αἰκίαις ὑποπέσῃ, μακάριός ἐστιν, ὅτι κοινωνὸς μαρτύρων ἐγένετο καὶ μιμητὴς τῶν τοῦ Χριστοῦ παθημάτων.

kai ean tis autois synkeimenos kratēthę̄ kai aikiais hypopesę̄, makarios estin, hoti koinōnos martyrōn egeneto kai mimētēs tōn tou Christou pathēmatōn.

And if anyone who stands by them is seized and falls under torture, he is blessed, because he has become a partner of the martyrs and an imitator of the sufferings of Christ.

Notes and citation

Summary: One arrested and tortured for helping the martyrs is blessed.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐστιν» → ἐστιν.

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.2.3 (Funk 1:241; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-2-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.2.4Funk 1:241

καὶ γὰρ καὶ ἡμεῖς ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ πολλάκις ὑπὸ Καϊάφα καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Ἄννα πληγὰς λαβόντες, χαίροντες ἐξήειμεν, ὅτε κατηξιώθημεν ὑπὲρ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν τοιαῦτα παθεῖν᾽ καὶ ὑμεῖς χαίρετε ταῦτα πάσχοντες, ὅτι μακάριοι γενήσεσθε ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρα.

kai gar kai hēmeis hyper Christou pollakis hypo Kaïapha kai Alexandrou kai Anna plēgas labontes, chairontes exēeimen, hote katēxiōthēmen hyper tou sōtēros hēmōn toiauta pathein᾽ kai hymeis chairete tauta paschontes, hoti makarioi genēsesthe en ekeinę̄ tę̄ hēmera.

For we too, for Christ's sake, often received blows from Caiaphas and Alexander and Annas, and went out rejoicing that we were counted worthy to suffer such things for our Savior. And you too, rejoice when you suffer these things, for you will be blessed on that day.

Acts 4:6 (allusion, medium confidence) · Acts 5:41 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The apostles rejoiced to be beaten for Christ, and so should the faithful.

The apostles speak (the work's fiction). Cf. Acts 4:6; 5:40–41.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ᾿ἀλεξάνδρου → Ἀλεξάνδρου; Avva → Ἄννα; ἱμεῖς → ὑμεῖς.

Topics: Persecution

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.2.4 (Funk 1:241; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-2-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 5, chapter 3

5.3.1Funk 1:241

Καὶ τοὺς διωκομένους δὲ διὰ τὴν πίστιν καὶ πόλιν ἐκ πόλεως φεύγοντας διὰ τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ κυρίου, προσλαμβάνεσθε αὐτούς, ἀντιλαμβανόμενοι αὐτῶν καὶ προσδεχόμενοι αὐτοὺς ὡς μάρτυρας, χαίροντες, ὅτι κοινωνοὶ αὐτῶν τοῦ διωγμοῦ γεγένησθε, γινώσκοντες αὐτοὺς ὑπὸ τοῦ κυρίου μεμακαρίσθαι.

Kai tous diōkomenous de dia tēn pistin kai polin ek poleōs pheugontas dia tēn entolēn tou kyriou, proslambanesthe autous, antilambanomenoi autōn kai prosdechomenoi autous hōs martyras, chairontes, hoti koinōnoi autōn tou diōgmou gegenēsthe, ginōskontes autous hypo tou kyriou memakaristhai.

And those who are persecuted for the faith and flee from city to city because of the Lord's command, receive them, supporting them and welcoming them as martyrs, rejoicing that you have become sharers in their persecution, knowing that they have been pronounced blessed by the Lord.

Notes and citation

Summary: Those who flee persecution must be received as martyrs.

Topics: Persecution

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.3.1 (Funk 1:241; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-3-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.3.2Funk 1:241

φησὶν γὰρ αὐτός, Μακάριοί ἐστε, ὅταν ὀνειδίσωσιν ὑμᾶς καὶ διώξωσιν καὶ εἴπωσιν πᾶν πονηρὸν ῥῆμα καθ᾽ ὑμῶν ψευδόμενοι ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ· χαίρετε καὶ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, ὅτι ὃ μισθὸς ὑμῶν πολὺς ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς· οὕτως γὰρ ἐδίωξαν τοὺς προφήτας τοὺς πρὸ ὑμῶν.

phēsin gar autos, Makarioi este, hotan oneidisōsin hymas kai diōxōsin kai eipōsin pan ponēron rhēma kath᾽ hymōn pseudomenoi heneken emou; chairete kai agalliasthe, hoti ho misthos hymōn polys en tois ouranois; houtōs gar ediōxan tous prophētas tous pro hymōn.

For he himself says: “Blessed are you when they revile you and persecute you and say every evil word against you falsely for my sake; rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven; for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”

Matt 5:11–12 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Christ's beatitude on the persecuted is quoted.

Quotation: Matt 5:11–12.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ς", → ς,; ῦ" → ῦ· ; ς" → ς· ; ν“. → ν..

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.3.2 (Funk 1:241; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-3-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.3.3Funk 1:241

καὶ πάλιν᾽ Εἰ ἐμὲ ἐδίωξαν, καὶ ὑμᾶς διώξουσιν καὶ ἑξῆς· Ἐὰν διώκωσιν ὑμᾶς ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ, φεύγετε εἰς τὴν ἄλλην, ὅτι ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ τούτῳ θλῖψιν ἔχετε᾽ παραδώσουσιν γὰρ ὑμᾶς εἰς συναγωγάς, καὶ ἐπὶ ἡγεμόνας καὶ βασιλεῖς ἀχθήσεσθε ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ, εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς· καὶ ὃ ὑπομείνας εἰς τέλος, οὗτος σωθήσεται.

kai palin᾽ Ei eme ediōxan, kai hymas diōxousin kai hexēs; Ean diōkōsin hymas en tę̄ polei tautę̄, pheugete eis tēn allēn, hoti en tǭ kosmǭ toutǭ thlipsin echete᾽ paradōsousin gar hymas eis synagōgas, kai epi hēgemonas kai basileis achthēsesthe heneken emou, eis martyrion autois; kai ho hypomeinas eis telos, houtos sōthēsetai.

And again: “If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also”; and further: “If they persecute you in this city, flee to another”; for “in this world you have tribulation; for they will deliver you up to synagogues, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them; and he who endures to the end, he will be saved.”

John 15:20 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 10:23 (quotation, high confidence) · John 16:33 (quotation, high confidence) · Mark 13:9 (quotation, medium confidence) · Matt 10:18 (quotation, medium confidence) · Matt 10:22 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Further sayings of Christ on persecution and flight are quoted.

Quotations: John 15:20; Matt 10:23; John 16:33; Mark 13:9 and Matt 10:18; Matt 10:22.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ,Eli → Εἰ; διοώξουσι»ν“,, → διώξουσιν; " ,, → · ; διώόκωσιν → διώκωσιν; ην“, → ην, ; ,,.ἐν → ἐν; ῖς" κ → ῖς· κ; ι". → ι..

Topics: Persecution

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.3.3 (Funk 1:241; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-3-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.3.4Funk 1:241–243

ὃ γὰρ διωχθεὶς ἕνεκεν τῆς πίστεως καὶ μαρτυρήσας περὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ὑπομείνας, οὗτος ἀληθῶς ἄνθρωπος θεοῦ.

ho gar diōchtheis heneken tēs pisteōs kai martyrēsas peri autou kai hypomeinas, houtos alēthōs anthrōpos theou.

For he who is persecuted for the faith, and bears witness concerning it, and endures, he is truly “a man of God.”

1 Tim 6:11 (echo, low confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The persecuted confessor who endures is truly a man of God.

“Man of God”: cf. 1 Tim 6:11.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ῦ“. → ῦ..

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.3.4 (Funk 1:241–243; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-3-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 5, chapter 4

5.4.1Funk 1:243

Ὁ δὲ ἀρνησάμενος ἑαυτὸν Χριστοῦ εἶναι διὰ τὸ μὴ μισεῖσθαι ὑπὸ ἀνθρώπων, φιλήσας τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχὴν μᾶλλον ἢ τὸν κύριον, οὗ ἡ πνοὴ αὐτοῦ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ, οὗτος ἐλεεινός, ἄθλιος, ὡς ἐναγὴς καὶ βδελυκτός, φίλος μὲν ἀνθρώπων θελήσας εἶναι, ἐχθρὸς δὲ τοῦ θεοῦ, μερίδα λαβὼν οὐκέτι μετὰ τῶν ἁγίων, ἀλλὰ μετὰ τῶν κατηραμένων, ἀντὶ βασιλείας εὐλογημένων ποθήσας τὸ πῦρ τὸ αἰώνιον τὸ ἡτοιμασμένον τῷ διαβόλῳ καὶ τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ οὐχ ὑπ ἀνθρώπων ἔτι μισούμενος, ἀλλ᾽ ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ἀπωσμένος καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου αὐτοῦ ἐκβεβλημένος.

Ho de arnēsamenos heauton Christou einai dia to mē miseisthai hypo anthrōpōn, philēsas tēn heautou psychēn mallon ē ton kyrion, hou hē pnoē autou en cheiri autou, houtos eleeinos, athlios, hōs enagēs kai bdelyktos, philos men anthrōpōn thelēsas einai, echthros de tou theou, merida labōn ouketi meta tōn hagiōn, alla meta tōn katēramenōn, anti basileias eulogēmenōn pothēsas to pyr to aiōnion to hētoimasmenon tǭ diabolǭ kai tois angelois autou ouch hyp anthrōpōn eti misoumenos, all᾽ hypo tou theou apōsmenos kai apo tou prosōpou autou ekbeblēmenos.

But he who denies that he is Christ's so as not to be hated by men, “having loved his own life more” than the Lord, “in whose hand is his breath,” is pitiable and wretched, as accursed and abominable; he wished to be a friend of men but is an enemy of God; he has taken his portion no longer with the saints but with the accursed; instead of “the kingdom of the blessed” he has longed for “the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels”; no longer hated by men, but rejected by God and cast out from his presence.

John 12:25 (allusion, medium confidence) · Dan 5:23 (allusion, medium confidence) · Jas 4:4 (echo, low confidence) · Matt 25:34 (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 25:41 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: He who denies Christ to avoid men's hatred becomes God's enemy and chooses eternal fire.

Allusions: John 12:25; Dan 5:23; Jas 4:4; Matt 25:34, 41.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ,φ → φ; ον“ ἢ → ον ἢ; ,οὐ ἡ → οὗ ἡ; ῦ“, → ῦ,; οὐχέτι → οὐκέτι; ,, → ; ων“ π → ων π; ,τ → τ; ῦ“ → ῦ .

Topics: Martyrdom, Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.4.1 (Funk 1:243; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-4-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.4.2Funk 1:243

περὶ γὰρ τούτου ἀπεφήνατο ὃ κύριος λέγων· Ὅστις ἀρνήσεταί με ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ ἐπαισχυνθῇ τὸ ὄνομά μου, ἀρνήσομαι αὐτὸν κἀγὼ καὶ ἐπαισχυνθήσομαι ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς.

peri gar toutou apephēnato ho kyrios legōn; Hostis arnēsetai me emprosthen tōn anthrōpōn kai epaischynthę̄ to onoma mou, arnēsomai auton kagō kai epaischynthēsomai emprosthen tou patros mou tou en ouranois.

For concerning him the Lord declared, saying: “Whoever denies me before men and is ashamed of my name, I too will deny him and be ashamed of him before my Father who is in heaven.”

Matt 10:33 (quotation, high confidence) · Mark 8:38 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Christ's warning against those who deny him is quoted.

Quotation: Matt 10:33, combined with Mark 8:38.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): " ,, → · ; pe → με ; ς“. → ς..

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.4.2 (Funk 1:243; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-4-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.4.3Funk 1:243

καὶ πάλιν λέγει τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ, ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς, οὕτως, Ὁ φιλῶν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα ὑπὲρ ἐμὲ οὐκ ἔστιν μου ἄξιος, καὶ ὃ φιλῶν υἱὸν ἢ θυγατέρα ὑπὲρ ἐμὲ οὐκ ἔστιν μου ἄξιος, καὶ ὃς οὐ λαμβάνει τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀκολουθεῖ ὀπίσω μου, οὐκ ἔστιν μου ἄξιος· ὁ εὑρὼν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἀπολέσει αὐτήν, καὶ ὃ ἀπολέσας τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ εὑρήσει αὐτήν. τί γὰρ ὠφελεῖται ἄνθρωπος, ἐὰν τὸν κόσμον ὅλον κερδήσῃ, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ζημιωθῇ; ἢ τί δώσει ἄνθρωπος ἀντάλλαγμα τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ;

kai palin legei tois mathētais autou, hēmin autois, houtōs, Ho philōn patera ē mētera hyper eme ouk estin mou axios, kai ho philōn huion ē thygatera hyper eme ouk estin mou axios, kai hos ou lambanei ton stauron autou kai akolouthei opisō mou, ouk estin mou axios; ho heurōn tēn psychēn autou apolesei autēn, kai ho apolesas tēn psychēn autou heneken emou heurēsei autēn. ti gar ōpheleitai anthrōpos, ean ton kosmon holon kerdēsę̄, tēn de psychēn autou zēmiōthę̄? ē ti dōsei anthrōpos antallagma tēs psychēs autou?

And again he says to his disciples, to us ourselves, thus: “He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and he who does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. For what does a man profit if he gains the whole world but forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?”

Matt 10:37–39 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 16:26 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Christ's sayings on preferring him to family and life are quoted.

Quotations: Matt 10:37–39; 16:26.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ς", → ς,; ἀχολουθεῖ → ἀκολουθεῖ; ς" → ς· ; ἕνεχεν → ἕνεκεν; ῦ“; → ῦ;.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.4.3 (Funk 1:243; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-4-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.4.4Funk 1:243

καὶ ἑξῆς᾽ Μὴ φοβηθῆτε ἀπὸ τῶν ἀποκτενόντων τὸ σῶμα, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν μὴ δυναμένων ἀποκτεῖναι· φοβήθητε δὲ μᾶλλον τὸν δυνάμενον καὶ ψυχὴν καὶ σῶμα ἀπολέσαι ἐν γεέννῃ.

kai hexēs᾽ Mē phobēthēte apo tōn apoktenontōn to sōma, tēn de psychēn mē dynamenōn apokteinai; phobēthēte de mallon ton dynamenon kai psychēn kai sōma apolesai en geennę̄.

And further: “Do not fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.”

Matt 10:28 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Christ's command not to fear those who kill the body is quoted.

Quotation: Matt 10:28.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ᾽,, → ᾽ ; τὴ» Ób → τὴν δὲ; ἀποχτεῖναι᾽ → ἀποκτεῖναι·; ῃ“". → ῃ..

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.4.4 (Funk 1:243; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-4-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 5, chapter 5

5.5.1Funk 1:243–245

Πᾶς οὖν ὃ μανθάνων τέχνην τινά, βλέπων τὸν διδάσκαλον αὐτοῦ διὰ τῆς ἐνεργείας καὶ ἐμπειρίας ἀπαρτίζοντα τὴν τέχνην αὐτοῦ, καὶ αὐτὸς ζηλοῖ ὅμοιον αὐτῷ ποιήσασθαι τὸ ἐγχειρισθέν· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἐξισχύσῃ, οὐκ ἔστιν τετελειωμένος ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ.

Pas oun ho manthanōn technēn tina, blepōn ton didaskalon autou dia tēs energeias kai empeirias apartizonta tēn technēn autou, kai autos zēloi homoion autǭ poiēsasthai to encheiristhen; ean de mē exischysę̄, ouk estin teteleiōmenos en tǭ ergǭ.

Everyone, then, who learns a craft, seeing his teacher perfect his craft by practice and experience, strives himself to make what is entrusted to him like it; but if he does not manage it, he is not perfected in the work.

Notes and citation

Summary: A learner imitates his teacher's skill, or he is not perfected.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: stray marks): " E] → · .

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.5.1 (Funk 1:243–245; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-5-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.5.2Funk 1:245

καὶ ἡμεῖς οὖν, ἔχοντες διδάσκαλον τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν τὸν Χριστόν, διὰ τί οὐ μιμούμεθα τὴν αὐτοῦ διδαχήν;

kai hēmeis oun, echontes didaskalon ton kyrion hēmōn Iēsoun ton Christon, dia ti ou mimoumetha tēn autou didachēn?

So we too, having as our teacher our Lord Jesus the Christ, why do we not imitate his teaching?

Notes and citation

Summary: Christians have Christ as teacher and should imitate him.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.5.2 (Funk 1:245; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-5-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.5.3Funk 1:245

ὅτι ἐκεῖνος μὲν ἀπετάξατο ἀνέσει, τρυφῇ, δόξῃ, πλούτῳ, τύφῳ, δυνάμει ἀμυντικῇ, μητρὶ καὶ ἀδελφοῖς, ἤδη δὲ καὶ τῇ οἰκείᾳ ζωῇ διὰ τὴν πρὸς τὸν πατέρα εὐσέβειαν καὶ τὴν εἰς ἡμᾶς φιλανθρωπίαν, ὑπομείνας οὐ μόνον διωγμὸν καὶ μάστιγας, ὀνειδισμὸν καὶ ἐμπαιγμόν, ἀλλ᾽ ἤδη καὶ τὴν πρὸς τὸ ξύλον πρόσπηξιν, ὅπως Ἰουδαίους καὶ Ἕλληνας μετανοήσαντας σώσῃ.

hoti ekeinos men apetaxato anesei, tryphę̄, doxę̄, ploutǭ, typhǭ, dynamei amyntikę̄, mētri kai adelphois, ēdē de kai tę̄ oikeią zōę̄ dia tēn pros ton patera eusebeian kai tēn eis hēmas philanthrōpian, hypomeinas ou monon diōgmon kai mastigas, oneidismon kai empaigmon, all᾽ ēdē kai tēn pros to xylon prospēxin, hopōs Ioudaious kai Hellēnas metanoēsantas sōsę̄.

For he renounced ease, luxury, glory, wealth, pride, power to defend himself, his mother and brothers, and even his own life, because of his piety toward the Father and his love for us, enduring not only persecution and scourges, reproach and mockery, but even being nailed to the wood, in order to save Jews and Greeks who repent.

Notes and citation

Summary: Christ renounced every comfort and his life to save Jews and Greeks who repent.

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.5.3 (Funk 1:245; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-5-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.5.4Funk 1:245

εἰ οὖν αὐτὸς δι᾽ ἡμᾶς ἀπετάξατο ἀναπαύσει, μὴ ἐπαισχυνθεὶς σταυρὸν, μηδὲ ἀδοξήσας τὸν θάνατον· τίνος ἕνεκεν ἡμεῖς οὐ μιμούμεθα αὐτοῦ τὰ πάθη καὶ ἀποτασσόμεθα ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτῇ τῇ ζωῇ ἡμῶν, διδόντος αὐτοῦ ἡμῖν τὴν ὑπομονήν;

ei oun autos di᾽ hēmas apetaxato anapausei, mē epaischyntheis stauron, mēde adoxēsas ton thanaton; tinos heneken hēmeis ou mimoumetha autou ta pathē kai apotassometha hyper autou kai autę̄ tę̄ zōę̄ hēmōn, didontos autou hēmin tēn hypomonēn?

If, then, he for our sake renounced rest, not being ashamed of the cross nor counting death a disgrace, why do we not imitate his sufferings and renounce, for his sake, even our very life, since he himself gives us endurance?

Heb 12:2 (echo, low confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Since Christ renounced rest and bore the cross for us, we should renounce even life for him.

Cf. Heb 12:2.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): Ót → δι᾽ ; ν" → ν· .

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.5.4 (Funk 1:245; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-5-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.5.5Funk 1:245

ἐκεῖνος μὲν γὰρ δίʼ ἡμᾶς, ἡμεῖς δὲ δι᾽ ἑαυτούς, οὐ γὰρ χρήζει ἡμῶν αὐτός, ἡμεῖς δὲ τοῦ ἐλέους αὐτοῦ· μόνον δὲ τὸ τῆς πίστεως ἡμῶν γνήσιον ἐπιζητεῖ καὶ αὐθαίρετον, ὥς φησιν ἡ γραφή· Εἰ δίκαιος εἶ, τί δώσεις αὐτῷ ἢ τί ἐκ χειρός σου λήψεται; ἀνδρὶ τῷ ὁμοίῳ σου ἡ ἀσέβειά σου, καὶ υἱῷ ἀνθρώπου ἣ δικαιοσύνη σου.

ekeinos men gar diʼ hēmas, hēmeis de di᾽ heautous, ou gar chrēzei hēmōn autos, hēmeis de tou eleous autou; monon de to tēs pisteōs hēmōn gnēsion epizētei kai authaireton, hōs phēsin hē graphē; Ei dikaios ei, ti dōseis autǭ ē ti ek cheiros sou lēpsetai? andri tǭ homoiǭ sou hē asebeia sou, kai huiǭ anthrōpou hē dikaiosynē sou.

For he did it for our sake, but we for our own sake; for he has no need of us, but we of his mercy. He seeks only the genuineness and freedom of our faith, as the Scripture says: “If you are righteous, what will you give him, or what will he receive from your hand? Your ungodliness is for a man like you, and your righteousness for a son of man.”

Job 35:7–8 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: God needs nothing from us and seeks only a genuine and freely chosen faith.

Quotation: Job 35:7–8.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): Ób → δὲ ; ῦ" → ῦ· ; " ,, → · ; υ“. → υ..

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.5.5 (Funk 1:245; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-5-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 5, chapter 6

5.6.1Funk 1:245

ἀποταξώμεθα οὖν καὶ γονεῦσιν καὶ συγγενέσιν καὶ φίλοις καὶ γυναικὶ καὶ τέκνοις καὶ κτήμασιν καὶ σύμπαντι τῷ βίῳ, ὅταν ἢ τι τούτων κώλυμα πρὸς εὐσέβειαν.

apotaxōmetha oun kai goneusin kai syngenesin kai philois kai gynaiki kai teknois kai ktēmasin kai sympanti tǭ biǭ, hotan ē ti toutōn kōlyma pros eusebeian.

Let us renounce, then, parents and kinsmen and friends and wife and children and possessions and the whole of life, whenever any of these is a hindrance to piety.

Luke 14:26 (echo, medium confidence)

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Summary: Family and possessions are to be renounced when they hinder piety.

Cf. Luke 14:26.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip): τέχνοις → τέκνοις.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.6.1 (Funk 1:245; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-6-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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δεῖ γὰρ, προσεύχεσθαι μὲν ἡμᾶς, ἵνα μὴ εἰσέλθωμεν εἰς πειρασμόν· ἐὰν δὲ κληθῶμεν εἰς μαρτύριον, μετὰ ἐνστάσεως ὁμολογεῖν τὸ τίμιον ὄνομα· καὶ ἐὰν τούτου χάριν κολασθῶμεν, χαίρωμεν ὡς ἐπὶ ἀθανασίαν σπεύδοντες.

dei gar, proseuchesthai men hēmas, hina mē eiselthōmen eis peirasmon; ean de klēthōmen eis martyrion, meta enstaseōs homologein to timion onoma; kai ean toutou charin kolasthōmen, chairōmen hōs epi athanasian speudontes.

For we must “pray” that we “may not enter into temptation”; but if we are called to martyrdom, we must confess the precious name with steadfastness; and if we are punished for this, let us rejoice as hastening to immortality.

Matt 26:41 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Christians should pray to avoid trial, but when called confess steadfastly and rejoice.

Cf. Matt 26:41.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ,π → π; ι“" → ι ; »“΄- → ·; α" → α· ; σπεύὅοντες → σπεύδοντες.

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.6.2 (Funk 1:245–247; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-6-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.6.3Funk 1:247

διωκόμενοι μὴ ξενιζώμεθα, μὴ ἀγαπήσωμεν τὸν νῦν αἰῶνα μηδὲ τοὺς παρὰ ἀνθρώπων ἐπαίνους μηδὲ τὴν τῶν ἀρχόντων δόξαν καὶ τιμήν, καθάπερ καί τινες τῶν Ἰουδαίων, θαυμάζοντες τοῦ κυρίου τὰς ἐνεργείας, οὐχ ἐπίστευον εἰς αὐτὸν φόβῳ τῷ πρὸς τοὺς ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ τοὺς λοιποὺς τῶν ἀρχόντων· ἠγάπησαν γὰρ τὴν δόξαν τῶν ἀνθρώπων μᾶλλον ἤπερ τὴν δόξαν τοῦ θεοῦ.

diōkomenoi mē xenizōmetha, mē agapēsōmen ton nyn aiōna mēde tous para anthrōpōn epainous mēde tēn tōn archontōn doxan kai timēn, kathaper kai tines tōn Ioudaiōn, thaumazontes tou kyriou tas energeias, ouch episteuon eis auton phobǭ tǭ pros tous archiereis kai tous loipous tōn archontōn; ēgapēsan gar tēn doxan tōn anthrōpōn mallon ēper tēn doxan tou theou.

When persecuted, let us not be surprised; let us “not love the present age,” nor the praises of men, nor the glory and honor of rulers, as some of the Jews too, though they marveled at the Lord's works, did not believe in him for fear of the high priests and the rest of the rulers; “for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.”

1 Pet 4:12 (echo, low confidence) · 2 Tim 4:10 (allusion, medium confidence) · John 12:42–43 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Fear of rulers and love of praise must not keep believers from confessing Christ, as it kept some Jews from believing.

Allusions: 1 Pet 4:12; 2 Tim 4:10; John 12:42–43.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): »μ → μ; α“ → α ; ἀρχόντῶν → ἀρχόντων; θαυμάξοντὲς → θαυμάζοντες; " nydπησαν → · ἠγάπησαν; ῦ“. → ῦ..

Topics: Persecution

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.6.3 (Funk 1:247; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-6-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.6.4Funk 1:247

ὁμολογήσαντες δὲ τὴν καλὴν ὁμολογίαν οὐ μόνον ἑαυτοὺς σώζομεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς νεοφωτίστους βεβαιοῦμεν καὶ τοὺς κατηχουμένους πιστοποιούμεθα.

homologēsantes de tēn kalēn homologian ou monon heautous sōzomen, alla kai tous neophōtistous bebaioumen kai tous katēchoumenous pistopoioumetha.

And when we have confessed “the good confession,” we not only save ourselves but also confirm the newly enlightened and bring the catechumens to faith.

1 Tim 6:12 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: A faithful confession strengthens the newly baptized and the catechumens.

Cf. 1 Tim 6:12. “The newly enlightened” (νεοφώτιστοι) are the newly baptized.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed): ς“ → ς ; ,riv → τὴν; “,, → .

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.6.4 (Funk 1:247; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-6-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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εἰ δὲ καθυφῶμέν τι τῆς ὁμολογίας, ἐξαρνησάμενοι τὴν εὐσέβειαν διὰ γνώμης χαυνότητα καὶ φόβον βραχυτάτης τιμωρίας, οὐ μόνον ἑαυτοὺς ἀποστεροῦμεν τῆς αἰωνίου δόξης, ἀλλ ἤδη καὶ ἑτέροις αἴτιοι ἀπωλείας γενησόμεθα καὶ διπλοτέραν ὑποίσομεν τὴν τίσιν, ὡς ὑποψίαν δόντες διὰ τῆς ἀρνήσεως, πλάνης διδαχὴν εἶναι τήν ποτε ὑφ ἡμῶν δοξαζομένην ἀλήθειαν.

ei de kathyphōmen ti tēs homologias, exarnēsamenoi tēn eusebeian dia gnōmēs chaunotēta kai phobon brachytatēs timōrias, ou monon heautous aposteroumen tēs aiōniou doxēs, all ēdē kai heterois aitioi apōleias genēsometha kai diploteran hypoisomen tēn tisin, hōs hypopsian dontes dia tēs arnēseōs, planēs didachēn einai tēn pote hyph hēmōn doxazomenēn alētheian.

But if we give up any part of the confession, denying piety through slackness of resolve and fear of a very brief punishment, we not only deprive ourselves of eternal glory but will also become causes of destruction to others, and will undergo a double punishment, as having given ground, by our denial, for the suspicion that the truth once glorified by us is a teaching of error.

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Summary: Denial loses glory, harms others, and brings a double punishment.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): τίσι» → τίσιν; δοξαξορένην → δοξαζομένην.

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.6.5 (Funk 1:247; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-6-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.6.6Funk 1:247

διὸ μήτε πρόχειροι ὦμεν καὶ ῥιψοκίνδυνοι· λέγει γὰρ ὃ κύριος, Προσεύχεσθε μὴ ἐμπεσεῖν εἰς πειρασμόν· τὸ μὲν πνεῦμα πρόθυμον, ἡ δὲ σὰρξ ἀσθενής. μήτε μὴν ἐμπεσόντες δειλίᾳ καταισχύνωμεν τὴν ὁμολογίαν.

dio mēte procheiroi ōmen kai rhipsokindynoi; legei gar ho kyrios, Proseuchesthe mē empesein eis peirasmon; to men pneuma prothymon, hē de sarx asthenēs. mēte mēn empesontes deilią kataischynōmen tēn homologian.

Therefore let us be neither rash nor reckless; for the Lord says: “Pray that you may not fall into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Nor yet, when we have fallen into it, let us shame the confession by cowardice.

Matt 26:41 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Believers must neither court martyrdom nor flinch from it once arrested.

Quotation: Matt 26:41.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ι" → ι· ; ς", → ς,; ν" → ν· ; ób → δὲ ; ς““. → ς..

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.6.6 (Funk 1:247; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-6-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.6.7Funk 1:247–249

εἰ γὰρ ἀρνησάμενός τις τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἐλπίδα, ὃς ἐστιν Ἰησοῦς ὃ τοῦ θεοῦ υἱός, ἀπολυθῇ τοῦ προσκαίρου θανάτου, αὔριον δὲ ἐπὶ κλίνης νόσῳ περιπέσῃ ὀξυτάτῃ κοιλίας ἢ στομάχου ἢ κεφαλῆς ἢ τινι πάθει τῶν ἀνιάτων, σήψεως ἢ γαγγραίνης ἢ ἀποστάσεως ἢ ἰλεοῦ ἢ ὑδέρου ἢ κόλου, ταχεῖαν ποιήσηται τὴν καταστροφὴν καὶ τοῦ ζῆν ὑπεξέλθοι· οὐχὶ καὶ τῶν ἐνταῦθα ἐστερήθη καὶ τῶν αἰωνίων ἐκπέπτωκεν, μᾶλλον δὲ τῆς ἀϊδίου κολάσεως ἐντὸς κατέστη, πορευθεὶς εἰς τὸ σκότος τὸ ἐξώτερον, οὗ ὃ κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὃ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων;

ei gar arnēsamenos tis tēn heautou elpida, hos estin Iēsous ho tou theou huios, apolythę̄ tou proskairou thanatou, aurion de epi klinēs nosǭ peripesę̄ oxytatę̄ koilias ē stomachou ē kephalēs ē tini pathei tōn aniatōn, sēpseōs ē gangrainēs ē apostaseōs ē ileou ē hyderou ē kolou, tacheian poiēsētai tēn katastrophēn kai tou zēn hypexelthoi; ouchi kai tōn entautha esterēthē kai tōn aiōniōn ekpeptōken, mallon de tēs aïdiou kolaseōs entos katestē, poreutheis eis to skotos to exōteron, hou ho klauthmos kai ho brygmos tōn odontōn?

For if someone denies his own hope, who is Jesus the Son of God, and is released from a temporary death, but tomorrow falls sick in bed with a very acute disease of the bowels or the stomach or the head, or some incurable affliction, putrefaction or gangrene or abscess or obstruction of the bowels or dropsy or colic, and comes to a swift end and departs from life, has he not been deprived of the things here and fallen from the things eternal, or rather landed within everlasting punishment, “having gone into the outer darkness, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth”?

1 Tim 1:1 (echo, low confidence) · Matt 8:12 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: One who denies Christ to save his life may die soon of disease and lose both this life and eternal life.

Cf. 1 Tim 1:1; Matt 8:12; 22:13.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): 7) → ἢ ; τὴ» → τὴν; ι" → ι· ; ,π → π; xol → καὶ; ν“; → ν;.

Topics: Martyrdom, Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.6.7 (Funk 1:247–249; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-6-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.6.8Funk 1:249

ὃ δὲ ἀξιωθεὶς μαρτυρίου χαιρέτω τὴν ἐν κυρίῳ χαράν, ὡς τηλικούτου ἐπιτυχὼν στεφάνου καὶ δι᾽ ὁμολογίας ποιούμενος τὴν ἔξοδον τοῦ βίου. καὶ ἐὰν κατηχούμενος ἢ, ἄλυπος ἀπίτω· τὸ γὰρ πάθος τὸ ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ ἔσται αὐτῷ γνησιώτερον βάπτισμα, ὅτι αὐτὸς μὲν πείρᾳ συναποθνήσκει τῷ κυρίῳ, οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ τύπῳ.

ho de axiōtheis martyriou chairetō tēn en kyriǭ charan, hōs tēlikoutou epitychōn stephanou kai di᾽ homologias poioumenos tēn exodon tou biou. kai ean katēchoumenos ē, alypos apitō; to gar pathos to hyper Christou estai autǭ gnēsiōteron baptisma, hoti autos men peirą synapothnēskei tǭ kyriǭ, hoi de loipoi typǭ.

But let him who is counted worthy of martyrdom rejoice with joy in the Lord, as having attained so great a crown, and as making his departure from life through confession. And if he is a catechumen, let him depart without grief; for his suffering for Christ will be to him a more genuine baptism, because he dies with the Lord in reality, but the rest in a figure.

Rom 6:3–5 (echo, low confidence)

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Summary: A martyr rejoices in his crown, and a catechumen martyr receives in his suffering a truer baptism.

Martyrdom as a baptism for the unbaptized catechumen; the other baptized die with Christ “in a figure” (τύπῳ), that is, in the rite (cf. Rom 6:3–5).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: κ read as χ): τηλιχούτου → τηλικούτου; δί ὁμολογίας → δι᾽ ὁμολογίας; ω" → ω· .

Topics: Martyrdom, Baptism

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.6.8 (Funk 1:249; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-6-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.6.9Funk 1:249

χαιρέτω οὖν μιμούμενος τὸν διδάσκαλον, ἐπειδὴ καὶ προτέτακται, Κατηρτισμένος ἔστω πᾶς ὡς ὃ διδάσκαλος αὐτοῦ. ὃ δὲ διδάσκαλος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς ὃ κύριος διʼ ἡμᾶς ἐπλήγη, βλασφημίας ὑπέμεινεν καὶ ὀνειδισμοὺς μακροθύμως, ἐνεπτύσθη, ἐκολαφίσθη, ἐρραπίσθη, σταυρῷ μετὰ τὸ μαστιγωθῆναι προσηλώθη, ὄξος καὶ χολὴν ἐποτίσθη, τελειώσας πάντα τὰ γεγραμμένα εἶπεν τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρί· Εἰς χεῖράς σου παρατίθημι τὸ πνεῦμά μου.

chairetō oun mimoumenos ton didaskalon, epeidē kai protetaktai, Katērtismenos estō pas hōs ho didaskalos autou. ho de didaskalos hēmōn Iēsous ho kyrios diʼ hēmas eplēgē, blasphēmias hypemeinen kai oneidismous makrothymōs, eneptysthē, ekolaphisthē, errapisthē, staurǭ meta to mastigōthēnai prosēlōthē, oxos kai cholēn epotisthē, teleiōsas panta ta gegrammena eipen tǭ theǭ kai patri; Eis cheiras sou paratithēmi to pneuma mou.

Let him rejoice, then, in imitating the Teacher, since it has been laid down beforehand: “Let everyone be perfected as his teacher.” And our Teacher, Jesus the Lord, was struck for our sake, endured blasphemies and reproaches with patience, was spat upon, buffeted, slapped, nailed to the cross after being scourged, was given vinegar and gall to drink, and when he had fulfilled all that was written, he said to his God and Father: “Into your hands I commit my spirit.”

Luke 6:40 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 27:34 (allusion, medium confidence) · Luke 23:46 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The martyr imitates Christ, who suffered every outrage and committed his spirit to the Father.

Quotations: Luke 6:40; Luke 23:46 (Ps 31:5).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): διδάσχαλον → διδάσκαλον; προῦτέτακται" → προτέτακται; ῦ“. → ῦ.; μαστιχθῆναι → μαστιγωθῆναι; " ,, → · ; υ“. → υ..

Topics: Martyrdom, Christology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.6.9 (Funk 1:249; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-6-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.6.10Funk 1:249

διὸ καὶ ὁ εὐχόμενος ἐκείνου μαθητὴς εἶναι ζηλούτω τοὺς αὐτοῦ ἀγῶνας, μιμείσθω τὴν ὑπομονήν, γινώσκων, ὅτι κἂν ἐν πυρὶ ὑπὸ ἀνθρώπων καῇ, οὐθὲν πείσεται, ὡς οἱ τρεῖς παῖδες, ἢ εἰ καὶ πάθοι τι, μισθὸν παρὰ κυρίου λήψεται· πιστεύων τῷ ἑνὶ καὶ μόνῳ ἀληθινῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρὶ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ μεγάλου ἀρχιερέως καὶ λυτρωτοῦ τῶν ψυχῶν καὶ μισθαποδότου τῶν ἄθλων, ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν.

dio kai ho euchomenos ekeinou mathētēs einai zēloutō tous autou agōnas, mimeisthō tēn hypomonēn, ginōskōn, hoti kan en pyri hypo anthrōpōn kaę̄, outhen peisetai, hōs hoi treis paides, ē ei kai pathoi ti, misthon para kyriou lēpsetai; pisteuōn tǭ heni kai monǭ alēthinǭ theǭ kai patri dia Iēsou Christou tou megalou archiereōs kai lytrōtou tōn psychōn kai misthapodotou tōn athlōn, hǭ hē doxa eis tous aiōnas; amēn.

Therefore let him who prays to be his disciple emulate his contests and imitate his endurance, knowing that even if he is burned in fire by men he will suffer nothing, like the three youths, or if he does suffer anything, he will receive a reward from the Lord, believing in the one and only true God and Father through Jesus Christ, the great high priest, redeemer of souls and rewarder of contests, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

Dan 3:23–27 (allusion, medium confidence) · Heb 4:14 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The disciple imitates Christ's endurance, trusting God either to deliver him like the three youths or to reward him.

The three youths: Dan 3. “Great high priest”: Heb 4:14.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ἐχείνου → ἐκείνου; ι" → ι· ; ἕνὶ → ἑνὶ; o ἡ → ᾧ ἡ; ς" → ς· .

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.6.10 (Funk 1:249; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-6-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 5, chapter 7

5.7.1Funk 1:249

Αὐτὸς γὰρ ἡμᾶς ἐγερεῖ ὃ παντοκράτωρ θεὸς διὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ κατὰ τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἀψευδῆ, καὶ ἀναστήσει ἡμᾶς σὺν πᾶσι τοῖς ἀπ᾿ αἰῶνος κοιμηθεῖσιν τοιούτους, ὁποῖοι ὑπάρχομεν ἐν τῇ νῦν μορφῇ, μηθὲν ἐλλειπὲς ἔχοντας ἢ τὴν φθοράν, ἐπείπερ ἄφθαρτοι ἀναστησόμεθα.

Autos gar hēmas egerei ho pantokratōr theos dia tou kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou kata tēn epangelian autou tēn apseudē, kai anastēsei hēmas syn pasi tois ap᾿ aiōnos koimētheisin toioutous, hopoioi hyparchomen en tę̄ nyn morphę̄, mēthen elleipes echontas ē tēn phthoran, epeiper aphthartoi anastēsometha.

For the almighty God himself will raise us up through our Lord Jesus Christ, according to his unfailing promise, and will raise us with all who have fallen asleep since the beginning of the world, such as we are in our present form, having nothing lacking except corruption; for we shall rise incorruptible.

1 Cor 15:52 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: God will raise all the dead through Christ in their present form, but incorruptible.

Cf. 1 Cor 15:52.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: stray letters): XQ → ; τοιοίτους → τοιούτους.

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.7.1 (Funk 1:249; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-7-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.7.2Funk 1:249–251

κἂν τε γὰρ ἐν πελάγει τελευτήσωμεν, κἂν ἐν γῇ διασπαρῶμεν, κἂν ὑπὸ θηρίων ἢ ὀρνέων διασπασθῶμεν, ἀναστήσει ἡμᾶς τῇ ἑαυτοῦ δυνάμει, ὅτι ὁ πᾶς κόσμος τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ συνέχεται χειρί· Θρὶξ δέ, φησίν, ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὑμῶν οὐ μὴ ἀπόληται. διὸ παραινεῖ λέγων· Ἐν τῇ ὑπομονῇ ὑμῶν κτήσασθε τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν.

kan te gar en pelagei teleutēsōmen, kan en gę̄ diasparōmen, kan hypo thēriōn ē orneōn diaspasthōmen, anastēsei hēmas tę̄ heautou dynamei, hoti ho pas kosmos tę̄ tou theou synechetai cheiri; Thrix de, phēsin, ek tēs kephalēs hymōn ou mē apolētai. dio parainei legōn; En tę̄ hypomonę̄ hymōn ktēsasthe tas psychas hymōn.

For whether we die at sea, or are scattered on the earth, or are torn apart by beasts or birds, he will raise us by his own power, because the whole world is held together by the hand of God. “Not a hair,” he says, “of your head shall perish.” Therefore he exhorts, saying: “In your endurance gain your souls.”

Luke 21:18–19 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: However the body perishes, God's power will raise it.

Quotations: Luke 21:18–19.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): xàv → κἂν; ξαυτοῦ → ἑαυτοῦ; Ó πᾶς → ὁ πᾶς; " ,, → · ; έ", → έ,; (ἐκ → ἐκ; ι“. → ι.; " ,/Ev → · Ἐν; ν“. → ν..

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.7.2 (Funk 1:249–251; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-7-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.7.3Funk 1:251

περὶ δὲ τῆς τῶν νεκρῶν ἀναστάσεως καὶ τῆς τῶν μαρτύρων μισθαποδοσίας λέγει Γαβριὴλ τῷ Δανιήλ· Καὶ πολλοὶ τῶν κεκοιμημένων ἐκ γῆς χώματος ἀναστήσονται, οἱ μὲν εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον, οἱ δὲ εἰς αἰσχύνην καὶ ὀνειδισμὸν αἰώνιον· καὶ οἱ συνιέντες ἐκλάμψουσιν ὡς ὃ ἥλιος καὶ ὡς τὸ στερέωμα καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες.

peri de tēs tōn nekrōn anastaseōs kai tēs tōn martyrōn misthapodosias legei Gabriēl tǭ Daniēl; Kai polloi tōn kekoimēmenōn ek gēs chōmatos anastēsontai, hoi men eis zōēn aiōnion, hoi de eis aischynēn kai oneidismon aiōnion; kai hoi synientes eklampsousin hōs ho hēlios kai hōs to stereōma kai hoi asteres.

And concerning the resurrection of the dead and the reward of the martyrs, Gabriel says to Daniel: “And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall arise, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting reproach; and those who understand shall shine like the sun and like the firmament and the stars.”

Dan 12:2–3 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Gabriel's prophecy to Daniel of the resurrection is quoted.

Quotation: Dan 12:2–3, in a form close to Theodotion.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): AavujA: ,, → Δανιήλ· ; ν" → ν· ; ιχλάμψουσιν → ἐκλάμψουσιν; ς“. → ς..

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.7.3 (Funk 1:251; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-7-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.7.4Funk 1:251

ὡς φωστῆρας τοίνυν ἐκλάμψειν τοὺς ἁγίους προεῖπεν ὃ ἅγιος Γαβριήλ᾽ αὐτοῖς γὰρ τὸ συνιέναι τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐμαρτύρησεν καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν αὐτοῦ ὄνομα. οὐ μόνον δὲ τοῖς μάρτυσιν ἐπήγγελται τὴν ἀνάστασιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις, δικαίοις τε καὶ ἀδίκοις, εὐσεβέσιν τε καὶ δυσσεβέσιν, ἵνα ἕκαστος τὰ πρὸς ἀξίαν τίσῃ. Ἄξει· γάρ, φησίν, ὁ θεὸς σύμπαν τὸ ποίημα εἰς κρίσιν ἐν παντὶ παρεωραμένῳ, ἐὰν ἀγαθὸν καὶ ἐὰν πονηρόν.

hōs phōstēras toinyn eklampsein tous hagious proeipen ho hagios Gabriēl᾽ autois gar to synienai tēn alētheian emartyrēsen kai to hieron autou onoma. ou monon de tois martysin epēngeltai tēn anastasin, alla kai pasin anthrōpois, dikaiois te kai adikois, eusebesin te kai dyssebesin, hina hekastos ta pros axian tisę̄. Axei; gar, phēsin, ho theos sympan to poiēma eis krisin en panti pareōramenǭ, ean agathon kai ean ponēron.

So the holy Gabriel foretold that the saints will shine forth as luminaries; for he, and his holy name too, bore witness that understanding the truth belongs to them. And the resurrection has been promised not only to the martyrs but to all men, righteous and unrighteous, pious and impious, so that each may pay according to his desert. “For God,” he says, “will bring every work into judgment, with every overlooked thing, whether good or evil.”

Acts 24:15 (allusion, medium confidence) · Eccl 12:14 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: All, righteous and unrighteous, will rise to be judged according to their deeds.

Cf. Acts 24:15. Quotation: Eccl 12:14.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): svotβέσιν → εὐσεβέσιν; .,, → . ; ι" → ι· ; ,0 θεὸς → ὁ θεὸς; ν“. → ν..

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.7.4 (Funk 1:251; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-7-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.7.5Funk 1:251–253

ταύτην δὲ τὴν ἀνάστασιν μὴ πιστεύοντες Ἰουδαῖοι τὸ παλαιὸν ἔλεγον· Ξηρὰ γέγονεν τὰ ὀστᾶ ἡμῶν, διαπεφωνήκαμεν᾽· οἷς ὃ θεὸς ἀποκριθεὶς ἔφη· Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀνοίγω τοὺς τάφους ὑμῶν καὶ ἀνάξω ὑμᾶς ἐξ αὐτῶν καὶ δώσω τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐν ὑμῖν, καὶ ζήσεσθε, καὶ γνώσεσθε, ὅτι ἐγὼ κύριος λελάληκα καὶ ποιήσω.

tautēn de tēn anastasin mē pisteuontes Ioudaioi to palaion elegon; Xēra gegonen ta osta hēmōn, diapephōnēkamen᾽; hois ho theos apokritheis ephē; Idou egō anoigō tous taphous hymōn kai anaxō hymas ex autōn kai dōsō to pneuma mou en hymin, kai zēsesthe, kai gnōsesthe, hoti egō kyrios lelalēka kai poiēsō.

But the Jews of old, not believing this resurrection, said: “Our bones have become dry; we are lost”; to whom God answered and said: “Behold, I open your graves and will bring you up out of them, and I will put my Spirit in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I the Lord have spoken and will do it.”

Ezek 37:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Ezek 37:12–14 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: God answered Israel's unbelief in the resurrection through Ezekiel's vision of the bones.

Quotations: Ezek 37:11–14.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): " , Eno → · Ξηρὰ; ᾽" → ᾽· ; ἀποκχριθεὶς → ἀποκριθεὶς; " "Ido? → · Ἰδοὺ; ν xol ἀ → ν καὶ ἀ; xci θώσω → καὶ δώσω; xol yvoσεσθε → καὶ γνώσεσθε; ω“. → ω..

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.7.5 (Funk 1:251–253; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-7-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.7.6Funk 1:253

καὶ διὰ Ἡσαΐου φησίν· Ἀναστήσονται οἱ νεκροί, καὶ ἐγερθήσονται οἱ ἐν τοῖς μνημείοις, καὶ εὐφρανθήσονται οἱ ἡσυχάζοντες ἐν τῇ γῇ, ὅτι ἡ δρόσος ἡ παρὰ σοῦ ἴαμα αὐτοῖς ἐστιν.

kai dia Hēsaïou phēsin; Anastēsontai hoi nekroi, kai egerthēsontai hoi en tois mnēmeiois, kai euphranthēsontai hoi hēsychazontes en tę̄ gę̄, hoti hē drosos hē para sou iama autois estin.

And through Isaiah he says: “The dead shall rise, and those in the tombs shall be raised, and those who rest in the earth shall rejoice, for the dew that comes from you is healing to them.”

Isa 26:19 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Isaiah's prophecy of the resurrection is quoted.

Quotation: Isa 26:19 (LXX).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): " ,, → · ; xoi → καὶ; 7) παρὰ → ἡ παρὰ; ν“. → ν..

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.7.6 (Funk 1:253; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-7-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.7.7Funk 1:253

πολλὰ μὲν οὖν καὶ ἕτερα περὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως εἴρηται καὶ περὶ τῆς τῶν δικαίων ἐν δόξῃ διαμονῆς καὶ περὶ τῆς τῶν ἀσεβῶν τιμωρίας, πτώσεως, ἀποστροφῆς, καταδίκης, ἀδοξίας, πυρὸς αἰωνίου καὶ σκώληκος ἀτελευτήτου.

polla men oun kai hetera peri tēs anastaseōs eirētai kai peri tēs tōn dikaiōn en doxę̄ diamonēs kai peri tēs tōn asebōn timōrias, ptōseōs, apostrophēs, katadikēs, adoxias, pyros aiōniou kai skōlēkos ateleutētou.

Many other things, then, have been said about the resurrection, and about the abiding of the righteous in glory, and about the punishment of the ungodly: their fall, rejection, condemnation, disgrace, eternal fire, and undying worm.

Isa 66:24 (allusion, medium confidence) · Mark 9:48 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Scripture says much about the resurrection, the glory of the righteous and the punishment of the ungodly.

The undying worm: Isa 66:24; Mark 9:48.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): τῶν» δικαίων ir → τῶν δικαίων ἐν; σχοδληκος → σκώληκος.

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.7.7 (Funk 1:253; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-7-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.7.8Funk 1:253

καὶ ὅτι, εἰ ἐβούλετο πάντας ἀνθρώπους εἶναι ἀθανάτους, ἠδύνατο, ἔδειξεν τὸν Ἐνὼχ καὶ τὸν Ἠλίαν μὴ ἐάσας θανάτου πεῖραν λαβεῖν. εἰ δὲ καὶ κατὰ γενεὰν τοὺς τελευτῶντας ἀνιστᾶν ἤθελεν, καὶ δι᾽ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ δι᾽ ἑτέρων ἔπεισεν, τὸν μὲν υἱὸν τῆς χήρας διὰ ᾿Ηλίου ἀναστήσας καὶ τὸν τῆς Σωμανίτιδος διὰ Ἑλισσαίου.

kai hoti, ei ebouleto pantas anthrōpous einai athanatous, ēdynato, edeixen ton Enōch kai ton Ēlian mē easas thanatou peiran labein. ei de kai kata genean tous teleutōntas anistan ēthelen, kai di᾽ heautou kai di᾽ heterōn epeisen, ton men huion tēs chēras dia ᾿Ēliou anastēsas kai ton tēs Sōmanitidos dia Helissaiou.

And that he could have made all men immortal, had he wished, he showed by not allowing Enoch and Elijah to taste death. And that he is willing also to raise those who die in each generation, he made credible both by himself and through others, raising the widow's son through Elijah and the Shunammite's son through Elisha.

Gen 5:24 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Kgs 2:11 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Kgs 17:22 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Kgs 4:35 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Enoch and Elijah, and the dead raised by Elijah and Elisha, show God's power to give life.

Gen 5:24; 2 Kgs 2:11; 1 Kgs 17:17–24; 2 Kgs 4:32–37.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): "Evoy → Ἐνὼχ; Ót ξαυτοῦ → δι᾽ ἑαυτοῦ; δί ἑτέρων → δι᾽ ἑτέρων; xoi → καὶ.

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.7.8 (Funk 1:253; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-7-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.7.9Funk 1:253

πειθόμεθα δὲ μὴ μισθὸν τιμωρίας εἶναι τὸν θάνατον, ἐξ ὧν αὐτὸν καὶ ἅγιοι ὑπέστησαν ἢ καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ τῶν ἁγίων κύριος Ἰησοῦς ὁ Χριστός, ἡ ζωὴ τῶν πιστῶν καὶ ἡ ἀνάστασις τῶν νεκρῶν.

peithometha de mē misthon timōrias einai ton thanaton, ex hōn auton kai hagioi hypestēsan ē kai autos ho tōn hagiōn kyrios Iēsous ho Christos, hē zōē tōn pistōn kai hē anastasis tōn nekrōn.

And we are persuaded that death is not a wage of punishment, since even saints underwent it, and even the Lord of the saints himself, Jesus the Christ, “the life of the faithful and the resurrection of the dead.”

John 11:25 (echo, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Death is not in itself a punishment, since the saints and Christ himself underwent it.

Cf. John 11:25.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: stray marks): 2 * - → ; ó Χριστός, ,,(ἡ → ὁ Χριστός, ἡ; νεχρῶν“ → νεκρῶν.

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.7.9 (Funk 1:253; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-7-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.7.10Funk 1:253

διὰ τοῦτο οὖν τέως ὡς ἂν ἐν μεγαλοπόλει πολιτευομένοις μετὰ τοὺς ἄθλους ἐπάγει πρὸς ὀλίγον τὴν διάλυσιν, ἵνα ἀναστήσας ἕκαστον ἢ ἀποκηρύξῃ ἢ στεφανώσῃ.

dia touto oun teōs hōs an en megalopolei politeuomenois meta tous athlous epagei pros oligon tēn dialysin, hina anastēsas hekaston ē apokēryxę̄ ē stephanōsę̄.

For this reason, then, as with those living as citizens in a great city, he brings on, after the contests, the dissolution for a little while, so that, raising each one, he may either disown him or crown him.

Notes and citation

Summary: God allows death for a short time so that at the resurrection he may reject or crown each person.

The image is of athletes in a great city who are publicly crowned or disqualified after the games.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἕχαστον → ἕκαστον.

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.7.10 (Funk 1:253; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-7-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.7.11Funk 1:253–255

ὁ γὰρ τοῦ Ἀδὰμ τὸ σῶμα ἐκ γῆς καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν κατασκευάσας, οὗτος καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν καὶ τοῦ πρώτου μετὰ διάλυσιν τὸ σῶμα ἀναστήσει. Ακούσονται γάρ, φησί, πάντες οἱ ἐν τοῖς μνημείοις τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ οἱ ἀκούσαντες ζήσονται.

ho gar tou Adam to sōma ek gēs kai tōn loipōn kataskeuasas, houtos kai tōn loipōn kai tou prōtou meta dialysin to sōma anastēsei. Akousontai gar, phēsi, pantes hoi en tois mnēmeiois tēs phōnēs tou huiou tou theou, kai hoi akousantes zēsontai.

For he who formed the body of Adam, and those of the rest, from earth will also raise the body both of the rest and of the first man after their dissolution. “For all those in the tombs,” he says, “will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.”

John 5:28 (quotation, high confidence) · John 5:25 (quotation, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The Creator who formed Adam's body from earth will raise the bodies of all.

Quotation: John 5:28 with 5:25.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: κ read as χ): τοῦ δὰμ → τοῦ Ἀδὰμ; κατασχευάσας → κατασκευάσας; κα xal → καὶ; ,,Α → Α; ι““ → ι ; iv → ἐν ; ι“. → ι..

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.7.11 (Funk 1:253–255; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-7-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.7.12Funk 1:255

πρὸς δὲ τούτοις πιστεύομεν γίνεσθαι τὴν ἀνάστασιν καὶ ἐκ τῆς τοῦ κυρίου ἀναστάσεως᾽ αὐτὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ καὶ Λάζαρον ἀναστήσας τετραήμερον καὶ τὴν θυγατέρα Ἰαείρου καὶ τὸν υἱὸν τῆς χήρας, καὶ ἑαυτὸν προστάγματι τοῦ πατρὸς διὰ τριῶν ἡμερῶν ἀνεγείρας, ὁ ἀρραβὼν τῆς ἀναστάσεως ἡμῶν, ὃ τὸν Ἰωνᾶν διὰ τριῶν ἡμερῶν ζῶντα καὶ ἀπαθῆ ἐξαγαγὼν ἐκ τῆς κοιλίας τοῦ κήτους καὶ τοὺς τρεῖς παῖδας ἐκ καμίνου Βαβυλωνίας καὶ τὸν Δανιὴλ ἐκ στόματος λεόντων, οὐκ ἀπορήσει δυνάμεως καὶ ἡμᾶς ἀνεγεῖραι.

pros de toutois pisteuomen ginesthai tēn anastasin kai ek tēs tou kyriou anastaseōs᾽ autos gar estin ho kai Lazaron anastēsas tetraēmeron kai tēn thygatera Iaeirou kai ton huion tēs chēras, kai heauton prostagmati tou patros dia triōn hēmerōn anegeiras, ho arrabōn tēs anastaseōs hēmōn, ho ton Iōnan dia triōn hēmerōn zōnta kai apathē exagagōn ek tēs koilias tou kētous kai tous treis paidas ek kaminou Babylōnias kai ton Daniēl ek stomatos leontōn, ouk aporēsei dynameōs kai hēmas anegeirai.

Besides these things, we believe that the resurrection will come about also from the Lord's resurrection. For it is he who raised Lazarus after four days, and the daughter of Jairus, and the widow's son, and who raised himself by the command of the Father within three days, he who is the pledge of our resurrection. He who brought Jonah out of the belly of the sea monster alive and unharmed after three days, and the three youths out of the Babylonian furnace, and Daniel out of the mouth of the lions, will not lack power to raise us also.

John 11:43–44 (allusion, high confidence) · Mark 5:41–42 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 7:14–15 (allusion, high confidence) · Jonah 2:10 (allusion, high confidence) · Dan 3:26 (allusion, medium confidence) · Dan 6:23 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Christ, who raised others and himself and delivered Jonah, the three youths and Daniel, can raise us.

John 11; Mark 5:41–42; Luke 7:14–15; Jonah 2:10; Dan 3:26; 6:23. Christ raises himself “by the command of the Father,” the work's usual way of speaking of the Son.

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Topics: Eschatology, Christology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.7.12 (Funk 1:255; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-7-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.7.13Funk 1:255–257

εἰ δὲ χλευάζουσιν Ἕλληνες ἀπιστοῦντες ταῖς ἡμετέραις γραφαῖς, πιστωσάτω αὐτοὺς κἂν ἡ αὐτῶν προφῆτις Σίβυλλα, οὕτω πως αὐτοῖς λέγουσα κατὰ λέξιν· Ἀλλ ὁπότ᾽ ἤδη πάντα τέφρα σποδόεσσα γένηται, Καὶ πῦρ κοιμίσῃ θεὸς ἄφθιτος, ὅσπερ ἀνῆψεν, Ὀστέα καὶ σποδιὴν αὐτὸς θεὸς ἔμπαλιν ἀνδρῶν Μορφώσει, στήσει δὲ βροτοὺς πάλιν, ὡς πάρος ἤσαν· Καὶ τότε δὴ κρίσις ἔσται, ἐφ᾽ ᾗ δικάσει θεὸς αὐτός, Κρίνων ἔμπαλι κόσμον. ὅσοι δ᾽ ὑπὸ δυσσεβίῃσιν Ἥμαρτον, τούςδ᾽ αὖ πάλι γαῖα καλύψει· Ὅσσοι δ᾽ εὐσεβέουσι, πάλιν ζήσοντ᾽ ἐνὶ κόσμῳ, Πνεῦμα θεοῦ δόντος ζωήν θ᾽ ἅμα καὶ χάριν αὐτοῖς Εὐσεβέσιν᾽ πάντες δὲ τότ᾽ εἰσόψονται ἑαυτούς.

ei de chleuazousin Hellēnes apistountes tais hēmeterais graphais, pistōsatō autous kan hē autōn prophētis Sibylla, houtō pōs autois legousa kata lexin; All hopot᾽ ēdē panta tephra spodoessa genētai, Kai pyr koimisę̄ theos aphthitos, hosper anēpsen, Ostea kai spodiēn autos theos empalin andrōn Morphōsei, stēsei de brotous palin, hōs paros ēsan; Kai tote dē krisis estai, eph᾽ hę̄ dikasei theos autos, Krinōn empali kosmon. hosoi d᾽ hypo dyssebię̄sin Hēmarton, tousd᾽ au pali gaia kalypsei; Hossoi d᾽ eusebeousi, palin zēsont᾽ eni kosmǭ, Pneuma theou dontos zōēn th᾽ hama kai charin autois Eusebesin᾽ pantes de tot᾽ eisopsontai heautous.

And if the Greeks mock, disbelieving our Scriptures, let at least their own prophetess, the Sibyl, convince them, who speaks to them in so many words somewhat as follows: “But when all things have already become dusty ash, and God, who kindled the fire, lays the fire to rest, God himself will again fashion the bones and ashes of men and will set mortals up again as they were before. And then there will be judgment, at which God himself will judge, judging the world again. And those who sinned in impiety, the earth will cover again; but as many as are pious will live again in the world, God giving them spirit and life and grace at once, to the pious; and then all will see themselves.”

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Summary: The Sibyl too foretells the resurrection and the judgment.

Quotation: Sibylline Oracles 4.179–190.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): “Βλληνες → Ἕλληνες; ιν" Ἀ → ιν· Ἀ; αν" Κ → αν· Κ; ἐφ᾽ ἡ → ἐφ᾽ ᾗ; ι" → ι· ; κύσμῳ → κόσμῳ; ζωήν 0! → ζωήν θ᾽.

Extrabiblical texts: Sib. Or. 4.179-190 (Sibylline Oracles; quotation)

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.7.13 (Funk 1:255–257; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-7-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.7.14Funk 1:257–263

εἰ τοίνυν καὶ αὐτὴ τὴν ἀνάστασιν ὁμολογεῖ καὶ τὴν παλιγγενεσίαν οὐκ ἀρνεῖται, διακρίνει δὲ τοὺς εὐσεβεῖς ἐκ τῶν ἀσεβῶν, μάτην ἄρα τοῖς ἡμετέροις ἀπιστοῦσιν. καίτοι φασὶν καὶ εἰδικὴν δεικνύειν τὴν ἀνάστασιν, μὴ πιστεύοντες οἷς αὐτοὶ διηγοῦνται. φασὶ γὰρ ὄρνεόν τι μονογενὲς ὑπάρχειν, πλουσίαν τῆς ἀναστάσεως παρέχον τὴν ἀπόδειξιν, ὃ λέγουσιν ἄζυγον ὑπάρχειν καὶ μόνον ἐν δημιουργίᾳ᾽ φοίνικα δὲ αὐτὸ προσαγορεύουσιν, ὃ καὶ ἱστοροῦσιν κατὰ πεντακόσια ἔτη ἔρχεσθαι εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἐπὶ τὸν λεγόμενον ἡλίου βωμόν, φέρον πλῆθος κινναμώμου κασσίας τε καὶ ξυλοβαλσάμου καὶ στὰν πρὸς ἀνατολάς, ὡς αὐτοί φασιν, τῷ ἡλίῳ προσευξάμενον αὐτομάτως φλεχθῆναι καὶ γενέσθαι κόνιν, ἐκ δὲ τῆς σποδοῦ σκώληκα ἀναφυῆναι, καὶ τοῦτον θερμανθέντα μορφωθῆναι εἰς ἀρτιγενῆ φοίνικα καὶ πτηνὸν γενόμενον im Ἀραβίαν στείλασθαι, ἥπερ ἐστὶν περαιτέρω τοῦ αἰγυπτιακοῦ νομοῦ. εἰ τοίνυν, ὡς καὶ αὐτοί φασιν, διὰ τοῦ ἀλόγου ὀρνέου δείκνυται ἡ ἀνάστασις, τί μάτην τὰ ἡμέτερα διαβάλλουσιν, ὅταν ὁμολογῶμεν, ὅτι ὃ δυνάμει τὸ μὴ ὃν εἰς τὸ εἶναι παραγαγών, οὗτος ἰσχύει τοῦτο καὶ μετὰ τὴν διάλυσιν εἰς ἀνέγερσιν παραστῆσαι; διὰ γὰρ ταύτην τὴν πληροφορίαν καὶ μάστιγας καὶ διωγμοὺς καὶ θανάτους ὑπομένομεν, ἐπεὶ μάτην τὰ τοιαῦτα κατεδεξάμεθα μὴ τούτων ἔχοντες τὴν πληροφορίαν, ὧν κήρυκες ἐπαγγελλόμεθα εἶναι. ὥσπερ οὖν ἐπείσθημεν Μωσῇ εἰπόντι, ὅτι ἐν ἀρχῇ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ γινώσκομεν, ὅτι οὐχ ὕλης ἦν ἐνδεής, ἀλλὰ βουλήσει μόνῃ, ἃ προσετάγη Χριστός, ταῦτα καὶ παρήγαγεν, λέγομεν δὴ οὐρανόν, γῆν, θάλασσαν, φῶς, νύκτα, ἡμέραν, φωστῆρας, ἄστρα, πετεινά, νηκτά, τετράποδα, ἑρπετά, φυτά, βοτάνας· τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον καὶ πάντας ἀναστήσει θελήματι, συνεργείας μὴ δεόμενος. τῆς γὰρ αὐτῆς δυνάμεώς ἐστιν ἔργον τὸ δημιουργῆσαι κόσμον καὶ τὸ νεκροὺς ἀναστῆσαι· καὶ τότε μὲν μὴ ὄντα τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐκ διαφόρων ἐποίησεν, δοὺς αὐτῷ τὴν ψυχὴν ἐκ τοῦ μὴ ὄντος, νῦν δὲ ταῖς οὔσαις ψυχαῖς τὰ διαλυθέντα σώματα ἀποτίσει. κειμένων γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἀνάστασις, οὐχὶ δὲ μὴ ὑπαρχόντων. ὃ οὖν τὰ πρῶτα σώματα ἐκ μὴ ὄντων ποιήσας καὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν διάφορα δημιουργήσας, οὗτος καὶ τοὺς θανόντας ζωοποιήσας ἀναστήσει. ὃ γὰρ ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐκ μικροῦ σπέρματος μορφῶν καὶ ψυχὴν αὐτῷ οὐκ οὖσαν ἐνδημιουργῶν, καθὼς αὐτός πού φησιν τῷ Ἱερεμίᾳ·, Πρὸ τοῦ μὲ πλάσαι σε ἐν κοιλίᾳ ἐπίσταμαί σε, καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ: Ἐγὼ κύριος στερεῶν οὐρανὸν καὶ θεμελιῶν γῆν καὶ πλάσσων πνεῦμα ἀνθρώπου ἐν αὐτῷ, αὐτὸς καὶ πάντας ἀνθρώπους ἀναστήσει αὐτοῦ ὄντας ποιήματα, καθὼς καὶ ἡ θεία γραφὴ μαρτυρεῖ λέγοντα τὸν θεὸν τῷ μονογενεῖ Χριστῷ, Ποιήσωμεν ἄνθρωπον κατ᾽ εἰκόνα καὶ καθ᾽ ὁμοίωσιν ἡμετέρανʼ καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον, κατ᾽ εἰκόνα θεοῦ ἐποίησεν αὐτόν ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἐποίησεν αὐτούς. καὶ ὁ θειότατος καὶ καρτερικὸς Ἰώβ, περὶ οὗ φησιν ἢ γραφή, ὅτι, γέγραπται αὐτὸν ἀναστήσεσθαι μεθ᾽ ὧν ὃ κύριος ἀνίστησιν, οὗτός φησι πρὸς τὸν θεόν· Ἦ οὐχ ὥσπερ γάλα με ἤμελξας, ἔπηξας δέ μὲ ἶσα τυρῷ; δέρμα καὶ κρέας με ἐνέδυσας, ὀστέοις δὲ καὶ νεύροις μὲ ἐνεῖρας, ζωὴν δὲ καὶ ἔλεος ἔθου παρ᾽ ἐμοί, ἡ δὲ ἐπισκοπή σου ἐφύλαξέν μου τὸ πνεῦμα· ταῦτα ἔχων ἐν ἐμαυτῷ, οἶδα, ὅτι πάντα δύνασαι, ἀδυνατεῖ δέ σοι οὐδέν. λέγει δὲ καὶ ὃ θεοφιλὴς Δαυὶδ τῷ θεῷ· Αἱ χεῖρές σου ἐποίησάν με καὶ ἔπλασάν με, καὶ πάλιν· Σὺ ἔγνως τὸ πλάσμα ἡμῶν, καὶ ἑξῆς Σὺ ἔπλασάς με καὶ ἔθηκας ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ τὴν χεῖρά σου· ἐθαυμαστώθη ἡ γνῶσίς σου ἐξ ἐμοῦ, ἐκραταιώθη, οὐ μὴ δύνωμαι πρὸς αὐτήν· τὸ ἀκατέργαστόν μου εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ βιβλίον σου πάντες γραφήσονται. ἀλλὰ καὶ ὁ Ἡσαΐας λέγει προσευχόμενος αὐτῷ, ὅτι ἡμεῖς ὁ πηλὸς καὶ σὺ ὁ πλάστης ἡμῶν. εἰ τοίνυν αὐτοῦ δημιούργημα ὁ ἄνθρωπος διὰ Χριστοῦ γενόμενος, πάντως ὅτι καὶ θανὼν δι᾽ αὐτοῦ ἀναστήσεται ἐπὶ τῷ ἢ στεφανωθῆναι ἐπὶ τοῖς κατορθώμασιν ἢ κολασθῆναι ἐπὶ τοῖς πλημμελήμασιν. εἰ δὲ δικαιοσύνῃ κρίνει ὡς νομοθέτης, ὥσπερ κολάζει τοὺς ἀσεβεῖς, οὕτως εὐεργετῶν σώζει τοὺς πιστοὺς καὶ τοὺς δι᾽ αὐτὸν ὑπ᾽ ἀνθρώπων σφαγέντας ἁγίους, τοὺς μὲν ὡς ἄστρα φαιδρύνων, τοὺς δὲ ὡς φωστῆρας λαμπρύνων, καθὼς ὁ Γαβριὴλ τῷ Δανιὴλ ἔλεγεν. μαθηταὶ οὖν Χριστοῦ πάντες ὑπάρχοντες οἱ πιστοί, πιστεύωμεν αὐτοῦ ταῖς ἐπαγγελίαις· ἀψευδὴς γὰρ ὁ ἐπαγγειλάμενος. λέγει δὲ ὁ μακάριος προφήτης Δαυίδ, ὅτι πιστὸς κύριος ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς λόγοις αὐτοῦ καὶ ὅσιος ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ. ὁ γὰρ ἐκ παρθένου ἑαυτῷ κατασκευάσας σῶμα, οὗτος καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀνθρώπων δημιουργός ἐστιν, καὶ ὃ ἑαυτὸν ἀναστήσας ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, αὐτὸς καὶ πάντας τοὺς κειμένους ἀναστήσει. ὃ τὸν πυρὸν ἐξ ἑνὸς κόκκου πολύχουν ἐκ γῆς ἀνιστῶν, ὁ τὸ ἐκκοπὲν δένδρον εἰς ῥάδαμνον ἀναθάλλων, ὁ τὴν Ἀαρὼν ῥάβδον ξηρὰν οὖσαν ἐκφύσας εἰς βλαστόν, αὐτὸς καὶ ἡμᾶς ἐγερεῖ ἐν δόξῃ. ὁ τὸν παραλυτικὸν σῶον ἀνεγείρας καὶ τὸν ἐξηραμμένην ἔχοντα τὴν χεῖρα ἰασάμενος καὶ τὸ λεῖπον μέρος ἐν τῷ ἐκ γενετῆς πηρῷ ἐκ γῆς καὶ σιέλου ἀποδούς, ὁ αὐτὸς καὶ ἡμᾶς ἀνεγερεῖ. ὁ ἐκ πέντε ἄρτων καὶ δύο ἰχθύων πεντακισχιλίους κορέσας καὶ περισσεύσας δώδεκα κοφίνους, καὶ ἐξ ὕδατος οἶνον μεταποιήσας καὶ ἐκ στόματος ἰχθύος στατῆρα δι᾽ ἐμοῦ Πέτρου τοῖς ἀπαιτοῦσι κῆνσον ἀποστείλας, οὗτος καὶ τοὺς νεκροὺς ἀνεγερεῖ. ταῦτα γὰρ ἅπαντα ἡμεῖς περὶ αὐτοῦ μαρτυροῦμεν, τὰ δὲ ἄλλα οἱ προφῆται. ἡμεῖς οἱ συμφαγόντες αὐτῷ καὶ συμπιόντες, καὶ θεαταὶ γενόμενοι τῶν αὐτοῦ τεραστίων καὶ τῆς ζωῆς καὶ τῆς πολιτείας καὶ τῶν λόγων καὶ τῶν παθημάτων καὶ τοῦ θανάτου καὶ τῆς ἐκ νεκρῶν αὐτοῦ ἀναστάσεως, καὶ συναναστραφέντες αὐτῷ ἡμέρας τεσσαράκοντα μετὰ τὴν ἔγερσιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ λαβόντες ἐντολὴν παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ κηρῦξαι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον εἰς ὅλον τὸν κόσμον καὶ μαθητεῦσαι πάντα τὰ ἔθνη καὶ βαπτίσαι εἰς τὸν αὐτοῦ θάνατον ἐπὶ αὐθεντίᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ τῶν ὅλων, ὅς ἐστιν αὐτοῦ πατήρ, καὶ μαρτυρίᾳ πνεύματος, ὃς ἐστι παράκλητος᾽ διδάσκομεν ὑμᾶς ταῦτα πάντα, ἃ διαταξάμενος ἡμῖν ἀνελήφθη ἐπ᾿ ὄψει ἡμῶν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν πρὸς τὸν ἀποστείλαντα αὐτόν. καὶ ἐὰν μὲν πιστεύσητε, μακάριοι γενήσεσθε᾽ εἰ δὲ μὴ πιστεύσητε, ἀθῶοι ἡμεῖς εὑρεθησόμεθα καὶ καθαροὶ τῆς ὑμετέρας δυσπιστίας.

ei toinyn kai autē tēn anastasin homologei kai tēn palingenesian ouk arneitai, diakrinei de tous eusebeis ek tōn asebōn, matēn ara tois hēmeterois apistousin. kaitoi phasin kai eidikēn deiknyein tēn anastasin, mē pisteuontes hois autoi diēgountai. phasi gar orneon ti monogenes hyparchein, plousian tēs anastaseōs parechon tēn apodeixin, ho legousin azygon hyparchein kai monon en dēmiourgią᾽ phoinika de auto prosagoreuousin, ho kai historousin kata pentakosia etē erchesthai eis Aigypton epi ton legomenon hēliou bōmon, pheron plēthos kinnamōmou kassias te kai xylobalsamou kai stan pros anatolas, hōs autoi phasin, tǭ hēliǭ proseuxamenon automatōs phlechthēnai kai genesthai konin, ek de tēs spodou skōlēka anaphyēnai, kai touton thermanthenta morphōthēnai eis artigenē phoinika kai ptēnon genomenon im Arabian steilasthai, hēper estin peraiterō tou aigyptiakou nomou. ei toinyn, hōs kai autoi phasin, dia tou alogou orneou deiknytai hē anastasis, ti matēn ta hēmetera diaballousin, hotan homologōmen, hoti ho dynamei to mē hon eis to einai paragagōn, houtos ischyei touto kai meta tēn dialysin eis anegersin parastēsai? dia gar tautēn tēn plērophorian kai mastigas kai diōgmous kai thanatous hypomenomen, epei matēn ta toiauta katedexametha mē toutōn echontes tēn plērophorian, hōn kērykes epangellometha einai. hōsper oun epeisthēmen Mōsę̄ eiponti, hoti en archę̄ epoiēsen ho theos ton ouranon kai tēn gēn, kai ginōskomen, hoti ouch hylēs ēn endeēs, alla boulēsei monę̄, ha prosetagē Christos, tauta kai parēgagen, legomen dē ouranon, gēn, thalassan, phōs, nykta, hēmeran, phōstēras, astra, peteina, nēkta, tetrapoda, herpeta, phyta, botanas; ton auton tropon kai pantas anastēsei thelēmati, synergeias mē deomenos. tēs gar autēs dynameōs estin ergon to dēmiourgēsai kosmon kai to nekrous anastēsai; kai tote men mē onta ton anthrōpon ek diaphorōn epoiēsen, dous autǭ tēn psychēn ek tou mē ontos, nyn de tais ousais psychais ta dialythenta sōmata apotisei. keimenōn gar estin hē anastasis, ouchi de mē hyparchontōn. ho oun ta prōta sōmata ek mē ontōn poiēsas kai ex autōn diaphora dēmiourgēsas, houtos kai tous thanontas zōopoiēsas anastēsei. ho gar en tę̄ koilią ton anthrōpon ek mikrou spermatos morphōn kai psychēn autǭ ouk ousan endēmiourgōn, kathōs autos pou phēsin tǭ Hieremią;, Pro tou me plasai se en koilią epistamai se, kai allachou: Egō kyrios stereōn ouranon kai themeliōn gēn kai plassōn pneuma anthrōpou en autǭ, autos kai pantas anthrōpous anastēsei autou ontas poiēmata, kathōs kai hē theia graphē martyrei legonta ton theon tǭ monogenei Christǭ, Poiēsōmen anthrōpon kat᾽ eikona kai kath᾽ homoiōsin hēmeteranʼ kai epoiēsen ho theos ton anthrōpon, kat᾽ eikona theou epoiēsen auton arsen kai thēly epoiēsen autous. kai ho theiotatos kai karterikos Iōb, peri hou phēsin ē graphē, hoti, gegraptai auton anastēsesthai meth᾽ hōn ho kyrios anistēsin, houtos phēsi pros ton theon; Ē ouch hōsper gala me ēmelxas, epēxas de me isa tyrǭ? derma kai kreas me enedysas, osteois de kai neurois me eneiras, zōēn de kai eleos ethou par᾽ emoi, hē de episkopē sou ephylaxen mou to pneuma; tauta echōn en emautǭ, oida, hoti panta dynasai, adynatei de soi ouden. legei de kai ho theophilēs Dauid tǭ theǭ; Hai cheires sou epoiēsan me kai eplasan me, kai palin; Sy egnōs to plasma hēmōn, kai hexēs Sy eplasas me kai ethēkas ep᾽ eme tēn cheira sou; ethaumastōthē hē gnōsis sou ex emou, ekrataiōthē, ou mē dynōmai pros autēn; to akatergaston mou eidon hoi ophthalmoi sou, kai epi to biblion sou pantes graphēsontai. alla kai ho Hēsaïas legei proseuchomenos autǭ, hoti hēmeis ho pēlos kai sy ho plastēs hēmōn. ei toinyn autou dēmiourgēma ho anthrōpos dia Christou genomenos, pantōs hoti kai thanōn di᾽ autou anastēsetai epi tǭ ē stephanōthēnai epi tois katorthōmasin ē kolasthēnai epi tois plēmmelēmasin. ei de dikaiosynę̄ krinei hōs nomothetēs, hōsper kolazei tous asebeis, houtōs euergetōn sōzei tous pistous kai tous di᾽ auton hyp᾽ anthrōpōn sphagentas hagious, tous men hōs astra phaidrynōn, tous de hōs phōstēras lamprynōn, kathōs ho Gabriēl tǭ Daniēl elegen. mathētai oun Christou pantes hyparchontes hoi pistoi, pisteuōmen autou tais epangeliais; apseudēs gar ho epangeilamenos. legei de ho makarios prophētēs Dauid, hoti pistos kyrios en pasi tois logois autou kai hosios en pasi tois ergois autou. ho gar ek parthenou heautǭ kataskeuasas sōma, houtos kai tōn allōn anthrōpōn dēmiourgos estin, kai ho heauton anastēsas ek tōn nekrōn, autos kai pantas tous keimenous anastēsei. ho ton pyron ex henos kokkou polychoun ek gēs anistōn, ho to ekkopen dendron eis rhadamnon anathallōn, ho tēn Aarōn rhabdon xēran ousan ekphysas eis blaston, autos kai hēmas egerei en doxę̄. ho ton paralytikon sōon anegeiras kai ton exērammenēn echonta tēn cheira iasamenos kai to leipon meros en tǭ ek genetēs pērǭ ek gēs kai sielou apodous, ho autos kai hēmas anegerei. ho ek pente artōn kai dyo ichthyōn pentakischilious koresas kai perisseusas dōdeka kophinous, kai ex hydatos oinon metapoiēsas kai ek stomatos ichthyos statēra di᾽ emou Petrou tois apaitousi kēnson aposteilas, houtos kai tous nekrous anegerei. tauta gar hapanta hēmeis peri autou martyroumen, ta de alla hoi prophētai. hēmeis hoi symphagontes autǭ kai sympiontes, kai theatai genomenoi tōn autou terastiōn kai tēs zōēs kai tēs politeias kai tōn logōn kai tōn pathēmatōn kai tou thanatou kai tēs ek nekrōn autou anastaseōs, kai synanastraphentes autǭ hēmeras tessarakonta meta tēn egersin autou, kai labontes entolēn par᾽ autou kēryxai to euangelion eis holon ton kosmon kai mathēteusai panta ta ethnē kai baptisai eis ton autou thanaton epi authentią tou theou tōn holōn, hos estin autou patēr, kai martyrią pneumatos, hos esti paraklētos᾽ didaskomen hymas tauta panta, ha diataxamenos hēmin anelēphthē ep᾿ opsei hēmōn eis ton ouranon pros ton aposteilanta auton. kai ean men pisteusēte, makarioi genēsesthe᾽ ei de mē pisteusēte, athōoi hēmeis heurethēsometha kai katharoi tēs hymeteras dyspistias.

If, then, even she confesses the resurrection and does not deny the regeneration, but distinguishes the pious from the impious, it is in vain that they disbelieve our teachings. [15] And yet they say that they can show the resurrection even in a particular case, though they do not believe what they themselves narrate. For they say that there is a certain bird, the only one of its kind, which provides a rich proof of the resurrection; they say that it is without a mate and alone in creation, and they call it the phoenix. They relate that every five hundred years it comes to Egypt, to the so-called altar of the sun, bringing a quantity of cinnamon, cassia, and balsam wood, and standing toward the east, as they say, and praying to the sun, it is consumed by fire of its own accord and becomes dust; and from the ashes a worm springs up, and this, being warmed, is formed into a newborn phoenix, and when it has become winged it sets off for Arabia, which lies beyond the Egyptian district. [16] If, then, as they themselves say, the resurrection is shown by means of an irrational bird, why do they vainly slander our teaching, when we confess that he who by his power brought what is not into being is able also to restore it to life after its dissolution? [17] For it is because of this full assurance that we endure scourges and persecutions and deaths, since we would have accepted such things in vain if we did not have full assurance of the things of which we profess to be heralds. [18] Just as, then, we have believed Moses when he said, “In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth,” and we know that he was not in need of matter, but by his will alone brought into being the things that Christ was commanded to make (I mean heaven, earth, sea, light, night, day, luminaries, stars, birds, swimming creatures, four-footed beasts, creeping things, plants, herbs), in the same way he will also raise all by his will, needing no help. [19] For it is the work of the same power to create the world and to raise the dead. And then he made man, who did not exist, out of various elements, giving him a soul out of what did not exist; but now he will restore the dissolved bodies to the souls that exist. For resurrection is of things that lie fallen, not of things that do not exist. [20] He, then, who made the first bodies out of nothing, and fashioned various things from them, will also make the dead alive and raise them. For he who forms man in the womb from a small seed and creates within him a soul that was not, as he himself says somewhere to Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,” and elsewhere, “I am the Lord, who makes firm the heaven and lays the foundations of the earth and forms the spirit of man within him,” he himself will also raise all men, since they are his works, as the divine Scripture also testifies, which says that God said to his only-begotten Christ: “Let us make man according to our image and according to our likeness; and God made man; according to the image of God he made him; male and female he made them.” [21] And the most divine and steadfast Job, of whom the Scripture says that “it is written that he will rise again with those whom the Lord raises,” says to God: “Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? You clothed me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews; you granted me life and mercy, and your oversight guarded my spirit. Having these things in myself, I know that you can do all things, and nothing is impossible for you.” [22] And David, beloved of God, says to God: “Your hands made me and fashioned me,” and again, “You know our frame,” and further, “You formed me and laid your hand upon me; your knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is mighty, I cannot attain to it. Your eyes saw my unformed substance, and in your book all shall be written.” And Isaiah too, praying to him, says: “We are the clay, and you are our potter.” [23] If, then, man is his workmanship, made through Christ, then surely, when he has died, he will rise again through him, either to be crowned for his good deeds or to be punished for his offenses. And if he judges with justice as lawgiver, then, just as he punishes the ungodly, so in his kindness he saves the faithful and the saints slain by men for his sake, making some bright as stars and others shine as luminaries, as Gabriel said to Daniel. [24] Since all the faithful, then, are disciples of Christ, let us believe his promises; for he who promised does not lie. And the blessed prophet David says: “The Lord is faithful in all his words and holy in all his works.” [25] For he who prepared a body for himself from a virgin is also the maker of other men, and he who raised himself from the dead will himself also raise all who lie dead. [26] He who raises wheat from the earth, many-eared from a single grain; who makes a tree that was cut down sprout again into a shoot; who made Aaron's rod, though it was dry, burst into bud: he himself will raise us also in glory. [27] He who raised up the paralytic whole, and healed the man who had the withered hand, and supplied the missing part to the man blind from birth from earth and spittle: the same will raise us also. [28] He who satisfied five thousand from five loaves and two fishes and had twelve baskets left over, and changed water into wine, and sent a stater from the mouth of a fish through me, Peter, to those demanding the tax: he will also raise the dead. [29] For all these things we bear witness concerning him, and the prophets the rest. [30] We who ate and drank with him, and were spectators of his wonders, and of his life and conduct and words and sufferings and death and his resurrection from the dead, and who spent forty days with him after his rising, and received from him the command “to preach the gospel to the whole world and to make disciples of all nations and to baptize into his death,” by the authority of the God of all, who is his Father, and the testimony of the Spirit, who is the Paraclete: we teach you all these things which he enjoined on us before he was taken up before our eyes into heaven, to him who sent him. [31] And if you believe, you will be blessed; but if you do not believe, we shall be found innocent and clean of your unbelief.

Gen 1:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 1:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Zech 12:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 1:26–27 (quotation, high confidence) · Job 42:17 (allusion, medium confidence) · Job 10:10–12 (quotation, high confidence) · Job 42:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:73 (118:73 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 103:14 (102:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 139:5–6 (138:5-Ps LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 139:16 (138:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 64:8 (64:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Dan 12:3 (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 145:13 (144:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Num 17:8 (allusion, high confidence) · Mark 2:12 (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 12:13 (allusion, medium confidence) · John 9:6 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 14:17–21 (allusion, high confidence) · John 2:9 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 17:27 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 10:41 (allusion, medium confidence) · Acts 1:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Mark 16:15 (quotation, medium confidence) · Matt 28:19 (quotation, medium confidence) · Rom 6:3 (allusion, medium confidence) · Acts 1:9 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Even pagan stories of the phoenix and the Scriptures' witness to God as Creator show that God can and will raise the dead, as the apostles who saw Christ risen testify.

The OCR lost the section numbers 15–31 of this chapter, so they sit inside this ref; “[15]” etc. mark where each begins.
The phoenix story is told as the pagans tell it (cf. 1 Clem. 25–26). “The things that Christ was commanded to make”: the Son creates at the Father's command, as often in this work; translated as written.
Quotations: Gen 1:1; Jer 1:5; Zech 12:1; Gen 1:26–27; Job 42:17a LXX; Job 10:10–12; 42:2; Ps 119:73 (118:73 LXX); 103:14 (102:14 LXX); 139:5–6, 16 (138:5–6, 16 LXX); Isa 64:8 (64:7 LXX); Dan 12:3; Ps 145:13 (144:13 LXX); Matt 28:19 and Mark 16:15; Acts 1:3, 9.

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Extrabiblical texts: 1 Clem. 25.1-26.1 (1 Clement; allusion)

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.7.14 (Funk 1:257–263; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-7-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 5, chapter 8

5.8.1Funk 1:263

Περὶ δὲ τῶν μαρτύρων λέγομεν ὑμῖν, ὅπως πάσῃ τιμῇ ὦσιν παρ᾽ ὑμῖν, ὡς καὶ παρ᾽ ἡμῖν τετίμηνται ὃ μακάριος Ἰάκωβος ὁ ἐπίσκοπος καὶ ὃ ἅγιος ἡμῶν συνδιάκονος Στέφανος.

Peri de tōn martyrōn legomen hymin, hopōs pasę̄ timę̄ ōsin par᾽ hymin, hōs kai par᾽ hēmin tetimēntai ho makarios Iakōbos ho episkopos kai ho hagios hēmōn syndiakonos Stephanos.

Concerning the martyrs we tell you that they should be held in all honor among you, as among us the blessed James the bishop and our holy fellow deacon Stephen have been honored.

Acts 7:59–60 (allusion, low confidence)

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Summary: Martyrs are to be honored, as James and Stephen are honored by the apostles.

James, the Lord's brother, as bishop of Jerusalem; Stephen: Acts 6–7.

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Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.8.1 (Funk 1:263; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-8-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.8.2Funk 1:263

οὗτοι γάρ εἰσιν καὶ ὑπὸ θεοῦ μεμακαρισμένοι καὶ ὑπὸ ὁσίων ἀνδρῶν τετιμημένοι, καθαροὶ πάσης πλημμελείας, ἄτρεπτοι πρὸς ἁμαρτίαν, ἀμετάπειστοι τῶν καλῶν, ἀνενδοίαστοι πρὸς ἐγκώμια, περὶ ὧν καὶ ὁ Δαυὶδ ἔλεγεν. Τίμιος ἐναντίον κυρίου ὃ θάνατος τῶν ὁσίων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὃ Σολομών- Μνήμη δικαίου μετ᾽ ἐγκωμίου, περὶ ὧν καὶ ὃ προφήτης ἔλεγεν᾽ , Ἄνδρες δίκαιοι αἴρονται.

houtoi gar eisin kai hypo theou memakarismenoi kai hypo hosiōn andrōn tetimēmenoi, katharoi pasēs plēmmeleias, atreptoi pros hamartian, ametapeistoi tōn kalōn, anendoiastoi pros enkōmia, peri hōn kai ho Dauid elegen. Timios enantion kyriou ho thanatos tōn hosiōn autou, kai ho Solomōn- Mnēmē dikaiou met᾽ enkōmiou, peri hōn kai ho prophētēs elegen᾽ , Andres dikaioi airontai.

For these have both been pronounced blessed by God and honored by holy men, pure of every fault, unswerving toward sin, not to be moved from what is good, beyond doubt as subjects of praise; of whom David too said, “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his holy ones,” and Solomon, “The memory of the righteous is with praise,” and of whom the prophet also said, “Righteous men are taken away.”

Ps 116:15 (115:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 10:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 57:1 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Scripture praises the death and memory of the righteous.

Quotations: Ps 116:15 (115:6 LXX); Prov 10:7; Isa 57:1.

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Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.8.2 (Funk 1:263; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-8-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 5, chapter 9

5.9.1Funk 1:263–265

Ταῦτα δὲ περὶ τῶν κατὰ ἀλήθειαν ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ μαρτυρησάντων εἴρηται, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ περὶ τῶν ψευδομαρτύρων, περὶ ὧν τὸ λόγιόν φησινʼ Ὄνομα δὲ ἀσεβῶν σβέννυται μάρτυς γὰρ πιστὸς οὐ ψεύδεται, ἐκκαίει δὲ ψευδῆ μάρτυς ἄδικος.

Tauta de peri tōn kata alētheian hyper Christou martyrēsantōn eirētai, all᾽ ou peri tōn pseudomartyrōn, peri hōn to logion phēsinʼ Onoma de asebōn sbennytai martys gar pistos ou pseudetai, ekkaiei de pseudē martys adikos.

These things have been said about those who have truly borne witness for Christ, but not about false martyrs, of whom the oracle says, “The name of the ungodly is quenched”; for “a faithful witness does not lie, but an unjust witness kindles falsehoods.”

Prov 10:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 14:5 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: What is said of martyrs does not apply to false martyrs.

Quotations: Prov 10:7; 14:5.

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Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.9.1 (Funk 1:263–265; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-9-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.9.2Funk 1:265

ὁ γὰρ ἐν μαρτυρίῳ ἐξελθὼν ἀψευδῶς ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀληθείας, οὗτος ἀληθινὸς μάρτυς, ἀξιόπιστος ἐν οἷς συνηγωνίσατο τῷ λόγῳ τῆς εὐσεβείας διὰ τοῦ οἰκείου αἵματος.

ho gar en martyriǭ exelthōn apseudōs hyper tēs alētheias, houtos alēthinos martys, axiopistos en hois synēgōnisato tǭ logǭ tēs eusebeias dia tou oikeiou haimatos.

For he who has gone forth in martyrdom without falsehood on behalf of the truth is a true martyr, worthy of credit in what he contended for, together with the word of piety, through his own blood.

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Summary: A true martyr is one who dies without deceit for the truth.

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.9.2 (Funk 1:265; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-9-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 5, chapter 10

5.10.1Funk 1:265

Παραινοῦμεν δὲ ὑμῖν, ἀδελφοὶ καὶ σύνδουλοι, φεύγειν τὰς ματαιολογίας καὶ τὰς αἰσχρολογίας καὶ τὰς εὐτραπελίας, μέθας, λαγνείας, θρύψεις καὶ τὰς ἀμέτρους ὀργὰς σὺν ταῖς μωρολογίαις, ὅτι οὐδὲ ἐν ταῖς κυριακαῖς ἡμέραις τῶν εὐφροσυνῶν ὑμῶν ἐπιτρέπομεν ὑμῖν ἄσεμνόν τι ἢ φθέγγεσθαι ἢ πράττειν᾽ λέγει γάρ που καὶ ἡ γραφή· Δουλεύσατε τῷ κυρίῳ ἐν φόβῳ καὶ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε αὐτῷ ἐν τρόμῳ.

Parainoumen de hymin, adelphoi kai syndouloi, pheugein tas mataiologias kai tas aischrologias kai tas eutrapelias, methas, lagneias, thrypseis kai tas ametrous orgas syn tais mōrologiais, hoti oude en tais kyriakais hēmerais tōn euphrosynōn hymōn epitrepomen hymin asemnon ti ē phthengesthai ē prattein᾽ legei gar pou kai hē graphē; Douleusate tǭ kyriǭ en phobǭ kai agalliasthe autǭ en tromǭ.

We exhort you, brothers and fellow servants, to flee idle talk and obscene talk and coarse jesting, drunkenness, lust, luxury, and unmeasured anger together with foolish talk; for not even on the Lord's days, in your festivities, do we permit you to say or do anything unseemly. For the Scripture says somewhere: “Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice in him with trembling.”

Eph 5:4 (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 2:11 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Christians must avoid foul talk, drunkenness and excess, even in Sunday festivities.

Cf. Eph 5:4. Quotation: Ps 2:11.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): τῶ: → τῶν; ποῦ → που; " ,, → · ; ῳ“. → ῳ..

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.10.1 (Funk 1:265; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-10-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.10.2Funk 1:265

καὶ τὰς ἀγαλλιάσεις οὖν ὑμῶν μετὰ φόβου καὶ τρόμου γίνεσθαι χρή. ὃ γάρ τοι Χριστιανὸς ὃ πιστὸς οὐδὲ ᾠδὴν ἐθνικὴν ὀφείλει λέγειν οὔτε Goya πορνικόν, ἐπεὶ συμβήσεται αὐτῷ διὰ τῆς Qs εἰδώλων μνημονεύειν ὀνόματα δαιμονικά, καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος εἰσφρήσει ἐν αὐτῷ τὸ πονηρόν.

kai tas agalliaseis oun hymōn meta phobou kai tromou ginesthai chrē. ho gar toi Christianos ho pistos oude ǭdēn ethnikēn opheilei legein oute Goya pornikon, epei symbēsetai autǭ dia tēs Qs eidōlōn mnēmoneuein onomata daimonika, kai anti tou hagiou pneumatos eisphrēsei en autǭ to ponēron.

So your rejoicings too must take place with fear and trembling. For the faithful Christian ought not to recite a pagan song or a lewd song, since it will happen that through the song he will make mention of the demonic names of idols, and instead of the Holy Spirit the evil one will enter into him.

Notes and citation

Summary: Christians must not sing pagan or lewd songs, which name demons.

Two words are garbled in the scan (“Goya” and “Qs”); they are translated by sense as “song.”

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): οδὴν → ᾠδὴν.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.10.2 (Funk 1:265; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-10-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 5, chapter 11

5.11.1Funk 1:265

Ἀπείρηται δὲ καὶ τὸ ὀμνύειν ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ τὸ διὰ στόματος αὐτῶν προφέρειν τὰ βδελυκτὰ ὀνόματα ἢ προσκυνεῖν αὐτοῖς ἢ φοβεῖσθαι αὐτοὺς ὡς θεούς᾽ οὐ γὰρ εἰσὶν θεοί, ἀλλ᾽ ἢ πονηροὶ δαίμονες ἢ μεμωχκημένα ἔργα.

Apeirētai de kai to omnyein en autois kai to dia stomatos autōn propherein ta bdelykta onomata ē proskynein autois ē phobeisthai autous hōs theous᾽ ou gar eisin theoi, all᾽ ē ponēroi daimones ē memōchkēmena erga.

It is forbidden also to swear by them, and to utter their abominable names with one's mouth, or to worship them or fear them as gods; for they are not gods, but either evil demons or works to be scorned.

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Summary: Christians may not swear by idols, name them, or worship them.

The last word is garbled in the scan (μεμωχκημένα); translated by sense.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): βόελυχτὰ → βδελυκτὰ.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.11.1 (Funk 1:265; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-11-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.11.2Funk 1:265–267

λέγει γάρ που ὁ θεὸς περὶ τῶν Ἰσραηλιτῶν· Ἐγκατέλιπόν με καὶ ὥμνυον ἐν τοῖς οὐκ οὖσι θεοῖς, καὶ ἑξῆς, Ἐξαρῶ τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν εἰδώλων ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ· Αὐτοὶ παρεζήλωσάν με ἐπ᾽ οὐ θεοῖς, παρώργισάν με ἐν τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὐτῶν. καὶ ἐν πάσαις δὲ ταῖς γραφαῖς ἀπηγόρευται ταῦτα ὑπὸ κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ.

legei gar pou ho theos peri tōn Israēlitōn; Enkatelipon me kai hōmnyon en tois ouk ousi theois, kai hexēs, Exarō ta onomata tōn eidōlōn ek tou stomatos autōn, kai allachou; Autoi parezēlōsan me ep᾽ ou theois, parōrgisan me en tois eidōlois autōn. kai en pasais de tais graphais apēgoreutai tauta hypo kyriou tou theou.

For God says somewhere concerning the Israelites: “They forsook me and swore by those who are not gods,” and further, “I will remove the names of the idols from their mouth,” and elsewhere, “They provoked me to jealousy with what is no god; they provoked me to anger with their idols.” And in all the Scriptures these things are forbidden by the Lord God.

Jer 5:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Hos 2:17 (2:19 LXX) (quotation, medium confidence) · Zech 13:2 (allusion, medium confidence) · Deut 32:21 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Scripture forbids swearing by idols.

Quotations: Jer 5:7; Hos 2:17 (2:19 LXX) with Zech 13:2; Deut 32:21.

Notes on the original text

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Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.11.2 (Funk 1:265–267; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-11-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 5, chapter 12

5.12.1Funk 1:267

Οὐ μόνον δὲ περὶ εἰδώλων ἀπαγορεύουσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ φωστήρων νομοθετοῦντες παραινοῦσιν μήτε ὀμνύειν ταῦτα μήτε μὴν λατρεύειν αὐτοῖς φασὶ γάρ· Μὴ ἰδὼν τὸν ἥλιον καὶ τὴν σελήνην καὶ τοὺς ἀστέρας πλανηθεὶς προσκυνήσῃς αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ· Κατὰ τὰς ὁδοὺς τῶν ἐθνῶν μὴ μανθάνετε, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν σημείων τοῦ οὐρανοῦ μὴ φοβεῖσθε.

Ou monon de peri eidōlōn apagoreuousin, alla kai peri phōstērōn nomothetountes parainousin mēte omnyein tauta mēte mēn latreuein autois phasi gar; Mē idōn ton hēlion kai tēn selēnēn kai tous asteras planētheis proskynēsę̄s autois, kai allachou; Kata tas hodous tōn ethnōn mē manthanete, kai apo tōn sēmeiōn tou ouranou mē phobeisthe.

And they not only forbid things concerning idols, but in their legislation about the luminaries too they exhort neither to swear by these nor yet to serve them; for they say: “Lest, seeing the sun and the moon and the stars, you be led astray and worship them,” and elsewhere, “Do not learn according to the ways of the nations, and do not be afraid of the signs of heaven.”

Deut 4:19 (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 10:2 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The Scriptures also forbid swearing by or worshiping the heavenly bodies.

Quotations: Deut 4:19; Jer 10:2.

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Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.12.1 (Funk 1:267; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-12-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.12.2Funk 1:267

τὰ γὰρ ἄστρα καὶ οἱ φωστῆρες εἰς φαῦσιν ἀνθρώποις, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ εἰς προσκύνησιν ἐδόθησαν, εἰ καὶ οἱ Ἰσραηλῖται μοχθηρίᾳ τρόπου προσεκύνουν ἀντὶ τοῦ κτίστου τὴν κτίσιν, καὶ τὸν μὲν δημιουργὸν καθυβρίσαντες, τὴν δὲ κτίσιν πλεῖον ἢ δεῖ θαυμάσαντες, καί ποτε μὲν μοσχοποιοῦντες ὡς ἐν ἐρήμῳ, ποτὲ δὲ τὸν Βεελφεγὼρ προσκυνοῦντες, ἄλλοτε δὲ τὸν Βαὰλ καὶ τὸν Θαμμοὺς καὶ τὴν σιδωνίαν Ἄστάρτην, καὶ πάλιν τὸν Μολὸχ καὶ τὸν Χαμώς, καὶ ἄλλοτε τὸν ἥλιον, ὡς παρὰ τῷ Ἰεζεκιὴλ γέγραπται, ἤδη δὲ καὶ ἄλογα ζῶα, ὡς παρ᾽ Αἰγυπτίοις τὸν ἅπιν καὶ τὸν μενδήσιον τράγον, καὶ θεοὺς ἀργυροῦς καὶ χρυσοῦς, ὡς ἐν Ἰουδαίᾳ.

ta gar astra kai hoi phōstēres eis phausin anthrōpois, all᾽ ouk eis proskynēsin edothēsan, ei kai hoi Israēlitai mochthērią tropou prosekynoun anti tou ktistou tēn ktisin, kai ton men dēmiourgon kathybrisantes, tēn de ktisin pleion ē dei thaumasantes, kai pote men moschopoiountes hōs en erēmǭ, pote de ton Beelphegōr proskynountes, allote de ton Baal kai ton Thammous kai tēn sidōnian Astartēn, kai palin ton Moloch kai ton Chamōs, kai allote ton hēlion, hōs para tǭ Iezekiēl gegraptai, ēdē de kai aloga zōa, hōs par᾽ Aigyptiois ton hapin kai ton mendēsion tragon, kai theous argyrous kai chrysous, hōs en Ioudaią.

For the stars and the luminaries were given to men for light, not for worship, even if the Israelites, through depravity of character, “worshiped the creation instead of the Creator,” insulting the Maker and admiring the creation more than they ought; at one time making a calf, as in the wilderness, at another worshiping Baal of Peor, at another Baal and Tammuz and Astarte of the Sidonians, and again Molech and Chemosh, and at another time the sun, as is written in Ezekiel, and even irrational animals, like the Apis and the goat of Mendes among the Egyptians, and gods of silver and gold, as in Judea.

Rom 1:25 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 32:4 (allusion, high confidence) · Num 25:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Judg 2:13 (allusion, medium confidence) · Ezek 8:14 (allusion, high confidence) · Ezek 8:16 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Kgs 11:5 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Kgs 11:7 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: The heavenly bodies were made for light, not worship, though Israel worshiped many created things.

Rom 1:25; Exod 32:4; Num 25:3; Judg 2:13; Ezek 8:14, 16; 1 Kgs 11:5, 7.

Notes on the original text

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Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.12.2 (Funk 1:267; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-12-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.12.3Funk 1:267

δι᾿ ἅπερ ἅπαντα ἀπειλῶν αὐτοῖς ἔλεγεν διὰ τοῦ προφήτου· Μὴ μικρὸν τοῦτο τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰούδα, τοῦ ποιεῖν τὰ βδελύγματα ταῦτα, ἃ ἐποίησαν, ὅτι ἔπλησαν τὴν γῆν ἀνομίας τοῦ παροργίσαι με; καὶ ἰδού, αὐτοί εἰσιν ὡς μυκτηρίζοντες, καὶ ἐγὼ ποιήσω μετὰ θυμοῦ, οὐ φείσεται ὃ ὀφθαλμός μου οὐδ᾽ οὐ μὴ ἐλεήσω, καὶ κεκράξονται ἐν τοῖς ὠσίν μου φωνῇ μεγάλῃ καὶ οὐκ εἰσακούσομαι αὐτῶν.

di᾿ haper hapanta apeilōn autois elegen dia tou prophētou; Mē mikron touto tǭ oikǭ Iouda, tou poiein ta bdelygmata tauta, ha epoiēsan, hoti eplēsan tēn gēn anomias tou parorgisai me? kai idou, autoi eisin hōs myktērizontes, kai egō poiēsō meta thymou, ou pheisetai ho ophthalmos mou oud᾽ ou mē eleēsō, kai kekraxontai en tois ōsin mou phōnę̄ megalę̄ kai ouk eisakousomai autōn.

Because of all these things he threatened them, saying through the prophet: “Is it a small thing to the house of Judah to do these abominations which they have done, that they have filled the land with lawlessness to provoke me to anger? And behold, they are like mockers; and I will act with wrath; my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; and they will cry in my ears with a loud voice, and I will not listen to them.”

Ezek 8:17–18 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: God threatened Judah for its idolatry through Ezekiel.

Quotation: Ezek 8:17–18.

Notes on the original text

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Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.12.3 (Funk 1:267; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-12-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.12.4Funk 1:267

ὁρᾶτε, ἀγαπητοί, ὅσα κατὰ τῶν εἰδωλολατρῶν καὶ τῶν σεβομένων ἥλιον καὶ σελήνην ἀποφαίνεται ὃ κύριος.

horate, agapētoi, hosa kata tōn eidōlolatrōn kai tōn sebomenōn hēlion kai selēnēn apophainetai ho kyrios.

You see, beloved, how many things the Lord declares against idolaters and those who worship the sun and moon.

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Summary: The Lord condemns idolaters and worshipers of the sun and moon.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.12.4 (Funk 1:267; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-12-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.12.5Funk 1:267–269

διὸ χρὴ τὸν τοῦ θεοῦ ἄνθρωπον ὡς Χριστιανὸν μήτε ἥλιον ὀμνῦναι μήτε σελήνην μήτε ἄστρα. μήτε μὴν οὐρανὸν ἢ γῆν ἢ τι τῶν στοιχείων μικρὸν ἢ μέγα.

dio chrē ton tou theou anthrōpon hōs Christianon mēte hēlion omnynai mēte selēnēn mēte astra. mēte mēn ouranon ē gēn ē ti tōn stoicheiōn mikron ē mega.

Therefore “the man of God,” as a Christian, must not swear by the sun or the moon or the stars, nor yet by heaven or earth or any of the elements, small or great.

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Summary: A Christian must not swear by any created thing.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: repeated word; OCR: stray mark): τὸν, → τὸν; ν““ → ν ; γῆν γῆν → γῆν; ἢ ? μέγα → ἢ μέγα.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.12.5 (Funk 1:267–269; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-12-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.12.6Funk 1:269

εἰ γὰρ ὃ διδάσκαλος περὶ τοῦ ὄντος θεοῦ παρήγγειλεν ἡμῖν μὴ ὀμνύειν, ὅπως ὃ λόγος ἡμῶν πιστότερος τοῦ ὅρκου, μήτε μὴν τὸν οὐρανὸν αὐτόν ἑλληνικὸν γὰρ τὸ δυσσέβημα, μήτε μὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἢ τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ἅγια ἢ τὸ θυσιαστήριον καὶ τὸ δῶρον ἢ τὴν τοῦ ναοῦ χρύσωσιν ἢ τὴν οἰκείαν κεφαλήν, ἰουδαϊκῆς γὰρ παραφθορᾶς ἡ συνήθεια, διὸ καὶ ἀπαγορευτέα, εἶναι δὲ τὸ ναὶ ναὶ καὶ τὸ οὐ οὐ τοῖς πιστοῖς παρεγγυᾷ, καὶ τὸ τούτων περισσὸν τοῦ πονηροῦ εἶναι· λέγει· πόσῳ μᾶλλον ὑπόδικοι οἱ τὰ ψευδώνυμα ὡς ὅρκια ἐπομνύμενοι καὶ τὰ νομιζόμενα ἀντὶ τῶν ἀληθῶν δοξάζοντες; οὓς ὁ θεὸς διὰ μοχθηρίαν παρέδωκεν εἰς ἀβουλίαν, ἐνεργεῖν τὰ μὴ δέοντα.

ei gar ho didaskalos peri tou ontos theou parēngeilen hēmin mē omnyein, hopōs ho logos hēmōn pistoteros tou horkou, mēte mēn ton ouranon auton hellēnikon gar to dyssebēma, mēte mēn Hierousalēm ē ta tou theou hagia ē to thysiastērion kai to dōron ē tēn tou naou chrysōsin ē tēn oikeian kephalēn, ioudaïkēs gar paraphthoras hē synētheia, dio kai apagoreutea, einai de to nai nai kai to ou ou tois pistois parengyą, kai to toutōn perisson tou ponērou einai; legei; posǭ mallon hypodikoi hoi ta pseudōnyma hōs horkia epomnymenoi kai ta nomizomena anti tōn alēthōn doxazontes? hous ho theos dia mochthērian paredōken eis aboulian, energein ta mē deonta.

For if the Teacher commanded us concerning the true God “not to swear,” so that our word may be more trustworthy than an oath, “nor yet by heaven itself” (for the impiety is Greek), “nor yet by Jerusalem, or the holy things of God, or the altar and the gift, or the gold of the temple, or one's own head” (for the custom belongs to Jewish corruption and so must be forbidden), and enjoins the faithful to have “yes, yes” and “no, no,” and says that “what is more than these is from the evil one”: how much more are they liable to judgment who swear by falsely named gods as by oaths and glorify supposed gods instead of the true one? These God, for their depravity, gave up to senselessness, to do what is not fitting.

Matt 5:34–37 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 23:16–22 (allusion, high confidence) · Rom 1:28 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: If Christ forbade swearing even by the true God, swearing by false gods is far worse.

Matt 5:34–37; 23:16–22; Rom 1:28.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: Funk's quotation marks removed; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): ,,μ → μ; ν", → ν,; ὅρχου, » → ὅρκου, ; ν“ → ν ; μετ μὴν “ερουσαλὴμ → μήτε μὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ; ν“, → ν,; ,,ν → ν; ,,.οὐ → οὐ; ὐ“ → ὐ ; ,,τ → τ; αι" λ → αι· λ; ει" π → ει· π; οὺς → οὓς; παρέδωχεν → παρέδωκεν.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.12.6 (Funk 1:269; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-12-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Apostolic 5, chapter 13

5.13.1Funk 1:269

Τὰς ἡμέρας τῶν ἑορτῶν φυλάσσετε, ἀδελφοί, καὶ πρώτην γε τὴν γενέθλιον, ἥτις ὑμῖν ἐπιτελείσθω εἰκοστῇ πέμπτῃ τοῦ ἐνάτου μηνός.

Tas hēmeras tōn heortōn phylassete, adelphoi, kai prōtēn ge tēn genethlion, hētis hymin epiteleisthō eikostę̄ pemptę̄ tou enatou mēnos.

Keep the days of the feasts, brothers, and first the Nativity, which is to be celebrated by you on the twenty-fifth of the ninth month.

Notes and citation

Summary: The Nativity is to be kept on the twenty-fifth of the ninth month.

The months are counted from Xanthicus (roughly April), so the ninth month is December and the tenth January.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR: κ read as χ): εἰχοστῇ → εἰκοστῇ.

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.13.1 (Funk 1:269; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-13-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.13.2Funk 1:269

μεθ᾽ ἣν ἡ ἐπιφάνιος ὑμῖν ἔστω τιμιωτάτη, καθ᾽ ἣν ὃ κύριος ἀνάδειξιν ὑμῖν τῆς οἰκείας θεότητος ἐποιήσατο· γινέσθω δὲ καὶ αὕτη ἕκτῃ τοῦ δεκάτου μηνός.

meth᾽ hēn hē epiphanios hymin estō timiōtatē, kath᾽ hēn ho kyrios anadeixin hymin tēs oikeias theotētos epoiēsato; ginesthō de kai hautē hektę̄ tou dekatou mēnos.

After this let the Epiphany be most honored by you, on which the Lord made to you the manifestation of his own divinity; and let it take place on the sixth of the tenth month.

Notes and citation

Summary: The Epiphany, the manifestation of Christ's divinity, is kept on the sixth of the tenth month.

The beginning of the sentence is garbled in the scan and is restored as μεθ᾽ ἣν ἡ (“after this, the”).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: ano teleia read as a quotation mark): us" ἣν 3 → μεθ᾽ ἣν ἡ; xaÜ) → καθ᾽; ο" → ο· .

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.13.2 (Funk 1:269; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-13-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.13.3Funk 1:269–271

μεθʼ ἃς ὑμῖν φυλακτέα ἡ νηστεία τῆς τεσσαρακοστῆς, μνήμην περιέχουσα τῆς τοῦ κυρίου πολιτείας τε καὶ νομοθεσίας. ἐπιτελείσθω δὲ ἡ νηστεία αὕτη πρὸ τῆς νηστείας τοῦ πάσχα, ἀρχομένη μὲν ἀπὸ δευτέρας, πληρουμένη δὲ εἰς παρασκευήν.

methʼ has hymin phylaktea hē nēsteia tēs tessarakostēs, mnēmēn periechousa tēs tou kyriou politeias te kai nomothesias. epiteleisthō de hē nēsteia hautē pro tēs nēsteias tou pascha, archomenē men apo deuteras, plēroumenē de eis paraskeuēn.

After these you must keep the fast of the forty days, which contains a memorial of the Lord's way of life and lawgiving. Let this fast be kept before the fast of the Pascha, beginning on Monday and ending on Friday.

Notes and citation

Summary: The forty-day fast is kept before the paschal fast, from a Monday to a Friday.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR: κ read as χ): φυλαχτέα → φυλακτέα; παρασχευήν → παρασκευήν.

Topics: Fasting

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.13.3 (Funk 1:269–271; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-13-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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5.13.4Funk 1:271

μεθʼ ἃς ἀπονηστεύσαντες ἄρξασθε τῆς ἁγίας τοῦ πάσχα ἑβδομάδος, νηστεύοντες αὐτὴν πάντες μετὰ φόβου καὶ τρόμου, προσευχόμενοι ἐν αὐταῖς περὶ τῶν ἀπολλυμένων.

methʼ has aponēsteusantes arxasthe tēs hagias tou pascha hebdomados, nēsteuontes autēn pantes meta phobou kai tromou, proseuchomenoi en autais peri tōn apollymenōn.

After which, ending that fast, begin the holy week of the Pascha, all fasting during it with fear and trembling, praying in those days for those who are perishing.

Notes and citation

Summary: Holy Week follows, kept by all with fasting and prayer for the perishing.

Topics: Fasting, Prayer

Cite (SBL): Const. ap. 5.13.4 (Funk 1:271; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/constitutiones-apostolorum/5-1-1/#p-5-13-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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